Angel Raich and Diane Monson suffered from serious medical conditions and used marijuana as medication for several years, due to their doctors’ recommendation. They used marijuana in compliance to the
Role of Family Nurse Practitioners: Case Study The shortage of primary care physicians has been a problem in health care system and will continue to the next decade due to increasing of aging population. According to National Governors Association (NAG) (2012), the growth of the aging population combined with the initiative of the Affordable Care Act, the problem of primary care providers shortage is worsening. Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are educated and prepared to perform primary care services as physicians do. More importantly, studies showed that NPs’ role as primary care providers achieve equal or higher patient satisfaction rates (Evangelista et al., 2011, Albers-Heitner et al., 2013).
Sorting Through the Science on Marijuana, written by Itai Danovitch, touches on what marijuana is, the innocuous and detrimental effects it can have on a body, and how the legalization of this drug would affect the rates of marijuana use. Throughout the piece, Danovitch speaks from an unbiased point of view; he is neither for the legalization and use of this drug nor against it. Itai Danovitch not only establishes a dependable and impartial article, he also connects to the reader, both, emotionally and logically through statements validated by facts. Itai Danovitch, M.D. receives his credibility from his profession as a doctor. Not only does Danovitch state facts, he also, provides an adequate amount of information along with the citations
Everyday patients are visiting their doctors in a desperate search for help with their problems, some physical and some psychological. Far too often in today’s troubled society a doctor is quick to hand their patient a prescription for a powerful and potentially harmful substance. The prescriptions could include drugs such as benzodiazepines for psychological problems and epilepsy, or opioids for pain. Both of those substances can have substantially dangerous and adverse effects and could lead to addiction and even death. Marijuana is a much safer and more naturally occurring substance that can be used for all of the previously listed purposes.
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A gateway drug means marijuana use could open the door for potential abuse of more powerful drugs, such as cocaine or heroin. People get addicted to these harder drug easily. If we as Ohioans so choose to pursue the legalization of marijuana, and furthermore extend the law to recreational use, which would be the next step any benefits of medicinal marijuana will be overshadowed by wide spread hard drug use. In this study, patients with various medical problems were treated with THC, the main active ingredient in marijuana, and it was found to treat a wide range of various ailments such as: Tourette-Syndrome, appetite loss, weight loss, nausea, depression, HIV-infection, migraines, asthma, back pain, hepatitis C, sleeping disorders, epilepsy, spasticity, headaches, alcoholism, glaucoma, disk prolapse, spinal cord injury (Grotenhermen, 2002). But this chemical doesn’t fix theses medical issues, it merely masks the user in a temporary state of uforia If medical marijuana is legalized, this will open the floodgates of recreational marijuana use.
Back in the early twentieth century, marijuana was mainly used for medical purposes in the US. Now, both it 's recreational and medical use is increasingly being consumed by the population and the tendency is to continue increasing. Much has been said about the use of marijuana as a solution to different health problems, and although not everything that is said is true, it cannot be ignored that marijuana can help in the treatment of some cases of adult patients. CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, was opposed to the medicinal use of cannabis. Based on his knowledge as a neurologist, he was convinced that the drug was dangerous and had dismissed its supposed therapeutic benefits.
The Costs of Criminalization Over the last 18 years, 23 state governments have legalized marijuana, taxonomically known as cannabis sativa, for medicinal use. Voters in these states have declared that the federal government has scheduled marijuana inaccurately, in that cannabis has many medical uses. Medical professionals in these states prescribe marijuana as a treatment for ailments ranging from insomnia and muscle pain, to post traumatic stress and epilepsy. But recently, we have seen a shift in marijuana reformation movements throughout the country.
The Devil’s lettuce as some refer to it, is becoming more and more popular in the U.S. It is becoming a growing trend and it might as well keep growing with all the benefits that are being given to States from it being legalized. It’s not just all benefits, in some instances it can be addictive for the user. Although the laws surrounding marijuana is more harmful to the user than the marijuana itself and it causes innocent people to become criminals and instead of consumers in a growing market that can produce money for problems that we have in this country. Marijuana is commonly misconceived.
MEMORANDUM TO: MINISTER OF HEALTH, THE HONOURABLE JANE PHILPOTT FROM: PARLIAMENT SECRETARY, SANDRA CERVANTES SUBJECT: MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGULATION IN CANADA DATE: NOVEMBER 27, 2015 Statement of the Problem: Although the current Federal legislation in Canada permits the usage of medical cannabis to aid in the treatment of various illnesses and diseases, smoking it continues to be illegal . Furthermore, various medical studies have proven that the ingestion of medical marijuana is far more beneficial than any other form of consumption . Additionally, many medical cannabis patients happen to be children suffering from extreme epilepsy, seniors who are constantly struggling due to severe Alzheimer’s or those with severe arthritis and smoking
The article describes the two main compounds of marijuana, THC and CBD, and the few synthetic varieties available in the United States and Canada. Cavalet proves the different conditions that have evidence for marijuana treatment and the conditions that do not. The purpose of this article is to present the real risks and benefits associated with marijuana. The intended audience for this article is medical personnel or those with knowledge on the
In our society today, we live in a world where alcohol and cigarette are fully legal in our country, but we are still deliberating on making marijuana legal especially for medical purposes. The hesitations on making it fully legal for recreational use its justifiable, but when it comes to the medical aspects of marijuana, I believe that a lot of considerations and researches should be dedicated to the medical aspect of marijuana especially when the uses of medical researches has been linked to PSTD, pains, Chemotherapy and a whole lot more. Marijuana’s negatives connotation has hindered the progression of its medical side. When looking at the nations predicament on the advancement and stagnation of medical marijuana, I honestly believe that the hesitation towards legalizing marijuana for medical purposes nationwide, it’s mostly due to the uncertainties of the futures repercussions. Since not a lot of researches has been conducted on marijuana, or as the benefits been fully proven apart from patients testimonies and surveys, and other minor researches, I believe that both the congress and medical and drug associations and organizations believe that legalizing marijuana or using it for medicinal purposes when it has not been fully tested and proven is trusting blindly and when it comes to patients
Marijuana, also known as Cannabis, is derived from the Cannabis plant and is used commonly for either recreational or medical purposes. Marijuana is composed of chemicals such as tetrahydrocannabinol (HTC, and over eighty cannabinoids. Marijuana is acknowledged for providing smokers with a “high” feeling. Since the twentieth century, this illicit drug has been banned across the world. However, over the past few years studies have been conducted on marijuana and the results show that it can actually be helpful in many different areas of society.
Recently the use of medical marijuana has become a very controversial topic among the community and government. Marijuana has a stereotype with hippies and drug offences, often leading to its medical benefits being overlooked consequently marijuana is only rarely given to patients with extreme conditions. It is not being used efficiently as well as not being used to its potential. Several states in Australia still consider the use of medical marijuana a prohibited act and the few states and territories that don’t prohibit the drug only allow the use for medical conditions. However, it is very restricted regarding who can access the medicine.
Also many patients have reported that the usual prescribed pain medications given to them by their doctors do little to almost nothing to help take away their pain. So for many people, marijuana is one of the only things able to give them relief from the pain caused by their illnesses, and the fact that this drug is so far out of reach to suffering patients is wrong. One of the biggest advantages of medical marijuana is that it is all natural, and all the chemicals in it are naturally produced by growing the plant and extracting the chemicals from
