Persuasive Essay On Legalizing Marijuana

but is also responsible for making medical care affordable and accessible to all, most importantly to vulnerable populations. The government is also responsible for providing community health care centers to provide medical services to vulnerable populations, however, not all health care services are available to all populations by the way of location of services or even eligibility for services (Tang, N. p 50). The federal and state government pose imbalances in power relations between those in need of care and those providing services. Laws and policies that interfere with the legalization of medical marijuana impacts the relationship between caregivers and care receivers. Legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes would balance out

Current laws and policies that interfere with patients receiving medical marijuana as treatment makes caregivers incompetent. Indiana’s policy that permits marijuana treatments to patients with epilepsy lacks competence in that all other patients are denied such treatment. Researchers have found that many other individuals suffering various health conditions can benefit from access to medical marijuana. Conducting research in the US on the medical benefits of marijuana are limited due to many restrictions imposed by the federal government (Rubens, M. p. 123). Having a better understanding of all the health benefits marijuana does for a patient’s condition makes the caregiver more competent in providing services to those in need. “The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) remains the only legal body authorized to cultivate large amounts of marijuana in a special extension site of the University of Mississippi and distribute it for clinical research within the country” (Rubens, M. p. 122). The supply of marijuana is limited; therefore, little research can be conducted in the US to help caregivers such as doctors, federal and state legislators, and the public, better understand the medicinal value of marijuana. If marijuana is seen as a medical treatment legalization of marijuana for treatment will likely be accepted by politicians, and the public in general (Rubens, M. p.