The Legalization of Marijuana and its Benefits

Over the years the evolution of medicine has drastically improved. Along with the technological advances, the field of medicine has steered away from old medicinal practices such as leeching, herbal medicines, immediate amputation, and others in favour of modern medical drugs and technology. However there is a debate whether marijuana could be used for modern medicine. Many studies show that this is a solution of a multitude of illnesses while there are also studies which say that it is not. Because of this, many countries debated whether it is safe or not to use marijuana medicinally. However, we believe that marijuana is beneficial for medicinal use.

The legality of cannabis or commonly known as marijuana for medical and leisure use varies by the condition and terms of each and every country specially when it comes to its possession, cultivation, distribution, how it will be consumed, and for what illness it can be used for. Concrete policies are mandated by United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs that was permitted in 1961. The use of marijuana for frivolous purposes is prohibited in most countries. Marijuana is the most often used illegal substance within the United States. Little is known of the function that macro-level factors, including community norms and laws associated with substance use, play in determining marijuana use, abuse and dependence. Examination within the relationship between state-level legalization of scientific marijuana and marijuana use, abuse, and dependence is already been executed to several rural areas in the said country, states that legalized medical marijuana had better charges of marijuana use. Future research desires to observe whether or not the association is causal, or is because of an underlying unusual cause, such as network norms being supportive of the legalization of clinical marijuana and of marijuana use.

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The government here in the Philippines see Marijuana as an addictive drug that might destroy lives. Many research studies and experiments prove and said that Marijuana has a good medical value. Cancer is one of the most deadliest disease in the world, it is the second leading cause of death. In 2017, it kills approximately 9.6 million people from the various form of it and Marijuana might have the capacity to cure cancel or at least lessen the effects of it. Marijuana contains Cannabidiol (CBD) that is non-psychoactive cannabinoids, Cannabidiol has the ability to kill or turn off a gene called Id-1. In 2007, researchers from California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco conducted an experiment using a breast cancer cell which has a high level of Id-1, and treated it with Cannabidiol, after the experiment, they found out that Cannabidiol helps to decrease Id-1 expression and lessen aggressive spreader. Marijuana can help, not only in cancer but also in tumor. The American Association for Cancer Research found out that Marijuana helps slow down tumor growth in brain, breast, and lungs considerately.

Marijuana is composed of different elements that can cure various diseases. Cannabis is known to have three elements which may lead to psychological effects caused by groups of cannabis containing psychoactive properties. These so called groups are namely; Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. However, marijuana or cannabis, contains cannabinoids which is the term used to generalize the components of cannabis. Sadly, over 120 of its components, only two of which is being studied by the experts, these cannabinoids are known to be the cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-psychoactive cannabinoids which does not lead to a person being 'high', on the other hand tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is a psychoactive cannabinoids and leads for a person to be 'high'. Having that being said, these cannabinoids is the reason why marijuana could be the cure to different illnesses, and is now called medical marijuana, for it is believed to be a pill for cure in other countries. One of what medical marijuana can do is to ease the pain of multiple sclerosis, and nerve pain in general. In addition to that, medical marijuana is also reported to help the patients who are now suffering from HIV, and the syndrome/s related to it. In connection to that, marijuana is being studied in other countries because it has the potential to reduce the symptoms related to HIV, or if possible it can be the cure for the said illness. To discuss further, the use of marijuana or cannabis to help HIV patients is not common for the some people. According to Pickett, a person who is an HIV positive, “I always enjoyed pot recreationally, and one day I realized that just taking a hit before taking my medication made me feel so much better,” because even if it has a lot of negative effects, there are also positive feedback that we can get from it, such as it can help patients to have appetite and decrease the soreness of muscles. Although cannabis is not the cure for now, but it can help the patients to have a better quality of living. Also, it can keep the patients from what their anxiety and depression could do for them. Who could possibly think that a single plant can be this powerful.

To conclude the relationship between Marijuana and potential marijuana user patients, we argue that Marijuana has its advantages to the medical field if it is used properly. We assert that Marijuana should be used to treat diseases such as Cancer and HIV and not for recreational use. The use of Marijuana should be maximized to a certain extent that it will be beneficial for the community and the whole humankind. Marijuana is proven for its health benefits, and the government should allow the health sector to use it for medical purposes so we can reach out to those people in the lower class that can’t afford to go to United States just to be treated. We can't hide the negative effects of smoking cannabis, but if we think of it in a different perspective and in a more open minded way, it can truly help us more that what we think it could.