amped and cut off access totally in June of 1991. They would no longer prescribe cannabis to sick patients. Many people think this should remain the case. They feel that marijuana is a dangerous drug that needs to be kept as far away from the American public as possible. There is no reason for it to be legal- we have advanced a lot in the world of medicine since cannabis was readily used. The drugs of choice for controlling vomiting from cancer treatment, metoclopramide, and compazine, are both more effective than THC. When administered orally for glaucoma there are many unnecessary side effects, and no THC preparation can be applied directly to the eye. It's actions are too diverse and varied, it's absorption into the body is limited and inconsistent, and it has undesirable side effects. There are safer, more specific, and more effective drugs out there today. People on this side believe that through legalization we will hurt the future of our country. The long-term effects of marijuana use are cancer of the lung, head and neck, increased viral infection, abnormal sperm, fetotaxity, persistent memory deficits, and schizophrenia. It is also believed that long-term use of marijuana brings on passivity, aimlessness, sloth, apathy, uncommunicativeness, and lack of ambition, what is called amotivational syndrome.5 And like most other drugs, marijuana causes the person using it to behave differently, perhaps leading to a rise in crime and violence. Some say that marijuana is not something you develop a tolerance for. Over a long period of time using the drug, you will get used to it and the amount you take will have to be increased in order to produce the same effects. If the user has to keep increasing, he/she may be tempted to move on to greater drugs because they are no longer getting the high they desire. Which brings us to what is called the Stepping-Stone hypothesis. People who smoke marijuana, as harmless as they may...
