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medical mariguana The use of medical marijuana has been a controversial issue in the United States for a large part of the last decade. In 1994 a bill was passed
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The use of medical marijuana has been a controversial issue in the United States for a large part of the last decade. In 1994 a bill was passed through both houses in California which would allow the medicinal use of marijuana in critically ill patients; however the bill was vetoed by Governor Wilson. The following year a similar bill was created which protected both the patient and the doctor whom prescribed the marijuana therapy, but again Wilson axed the bill when it landed on his desk. The supporters of medicinal marijuana changed their approach. The 1996 ballot contained Initiative Prop 215 which passed, leaving Wilson with his hands tied. Despite wide federal disapproval prop 215 has helped thousands of severally ill people face their dieses and comfort them in a time of agony and despair.
The marijuana plant has been used for thousands of years for a multiple of purposes. Hemp was used for making ropes, paper, clothing and curing or improving several different aliments. At first it was used to ease nausea and vomiting but as time passed scientists discovered more applications for its unique effect. It's most common use is in the treatment of chemotherapy patients. An average chemotherapy patient will return home feeling violently ill and have a severely suppressed appetite. Marijuana is the most effective drug at making the nausea disappear and at bring back one's appetite. It's the same situation with people who suffer from HIV or AIDS. Marijuana allows the person to ingest food which contains the vitamins and minerals that will ultimately help them heal or in an HIV/AIDS case prolong their current health status. In people that suffer from Glaucoma, marijuana lowers the unbearable pressure that mounts in their eyes. Marijuana helps to relieve brain tumors and prevents any further loss of muscle coordination in Multiple Sclerosis patients along with temporarily relieving of urinary incontinence and helping them sleep more efficiently....
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