The Marijuana plant has been around since the beginning of time; its uses have been for either its medical purposes or for its psychoactive effects. When talking about medical Marijuana, it is very important to know the laws surrounding it, countries like Canada have legalized Marijuana both medicinally and recreationally. Which leaves some people asking questions, what will the recreational Marijuana business do to the medical Marijuana industry? Medical Marijuana deserves a chance to bring an alternative to painkillers and those who suffer from anorexia. The issue with medical Marijuana is that some people tend to associate medicinal Marijuana with recreational Marijuana, and be disposed to label the users as lazy couch surfers with no hopes or aspirations. Medical Marijuana has been around for centuries, and as said by Pharmacists Karen E. Moeller and Barbra Woods, “Use of Marijuana for medicinal purposes has been referenced back to 2700 BC in Chinese medicine for treatment of gout, rheumatism, and absent-mindedness” (1). Marijuana has been proven to have medicinal purposes, even way back then. Medical Marijuana warrants an opportunity to prove its value within the pharmaceutical markets, what medicinal Marijuana has achieved since ancient China is astronomical. The subject justifies further research into Marijuana’s medicinal properties, …show more content…
Standardizing Medical Marijuana is the best way to open more possibilities of medicine for chronic pain control, chemo patients, and those suffering from anorexia. Along with regularization, not only could the effect of Marijuana be more controlled, it could be of higher quality, bringing relief to those who use it, and possibly without potentially harmful side-effects. Medical Marijuana could be a wonderful thing to the world of medicine and pharmaceuticals, the best way to properly bring it in is