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Medical Marijuana's Pros and Cons
After having my interview with Dr. Lucido about his knowledge on medical marijuana I've noticed some pros and cons. After the interview I could really tell he has extensive knowledge about this topic. He really knew a lot of the details on marijuana, as I'm sure he does about everything he prescribes. He was aware that sometimes people take advantage of the health care system and get their hands on medical marijuana, but he stills stands up for its use in the medical field. I decided to look more into the subject and ran across "An Extension Approach to Drug Legalization", by Martin Levinson. This discusses medical marijuana's laws and uses. It also cover's the positives and negatives that are associated with medical marijuana.
When Dr. Lucido was asked if marijuana should be legal he replied, "if marijuana was legalized there would be more people using it for the wrong reasons, but he thought that there would be a lot less death and crime out on the streets." Many people would agree with this statement. Other's would argue with it because they believe marijuana use would go down. Some think that if marijuana was legal less people would use it. A lot of youth wouldn't think it was cool because it wasn't illegal and there for adolescents marijuana use would decrease. This question is the basis of the paper, should medical marijuana be available? This paper will show you the positives and negatives of medical marijuana.
One of the most obvious cons for medical marijuana would be that it could be sold on the black market by its prescribers. Dr. Lucido notices that this goes on, but says that patients that really need medical marijuana to ease their pain or other disorders will keep it for their own personal use. He was saying that how out of al the prescriptions that he prescribes, marijuana is the least abused. Considering that patients can make five thousand dollars a bottle for some types of pain medication,...