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Medical Marijuana

Justin Marine
English 101
15 March 2008

Fighting The War On Medical Marijuana

The war on medical marijuana is a very broad topic because they’re many different reason why people would pro on medical marijuana and then they’re are people that don’t feel that patients should be prescribed medical marijuana. Reasons for patients getting prescribed this drug is because patients feel its relieves some of their problems due to certain diseases or illness’s. There was an article written by Andrew T. Weil that was published in the “Arizona Star” called “We Must Stop The War On Medical Marijuana” and this article is the reason for why I am writing the paper. Andrew puts out many different reasons why people would be for it and why people wouldn’t be against it, but Andrew personally is for it. The war on medical marijuana is a very interesting topic because it deals with many people and organizations and it mainly effects the patients that need this medicine and because of the laws trying to be passed, they can get their medicine as easily as they should be able to get them. There are many different opinions on this subject because there are so many reasons why it should be outlawed and why it should be easy to get for the people that need it.
The government has a lot to do with what goes on today’s society. They control many things; one subject that they definitely control and has been a problem for many years is the war on drugs. Illegal drugs such as acid, cocaine, marijuana, and many other illegal drugs. Through out the years many different drugs have become out lawed, but one drug that involves the government and people is Marijuana. Marijuana has been an illegal drug for a long time, and its illegal in many different states. All states have different laws on it, but plain and simple its illegal in all states. There are a few states that allow marijuana but only if its medical marijuana and is prescribed to the patient. Each year the...