In the article “Not Just a High,” by Nathan Seppa, the author believes that medicinal marijuana is on the verge of a big breakthrough in the realm of medicine. Although the author clearly states all of the benefits there would be to using medicinal marijuana as a medicine, he also points out that there are still a lot of risks and uncertainties to deal with too. Medicinal marijuana is still in the somewhat early stages of testing, but it has already proved to alleviate pain, fight forms of inflammation, treat cancer, and even suppress tumors. Seppa gives several examples on how the views of medicinal marijuana have changed. According to pharmacologist Roger Pertwee, “30 years ago, the findings on the therapeutic effects of cannabis [medicinal …show more content…
It can reduce pain and nausea, and also is being researched to treat many other medical conditions. For example it is being tested to treat some forms of cancer and even reduce tumors. In the near future the, “Testing of cannabis [medicinal marijuana] and its derivatives has also begun on type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, stroke, Tourette syndrome, epilepsy, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia (Seppa)”. Whether it will work in treating these medical conditions or not, medicinal marijuana has come a long ways since it was first introduced as a possible powerful …show more content…
Seppa uses data and educated doctors for almost every fact he throws at the reader. He present relevant facts to the topic and reasons on why medicinal marijuana could be useful. Seppa concurs that, “Medicinal marijuana may some day go above and beyond just treating nausea or relieving pain in cancer patients.” After he says this, he references successful trials of medicinal marijuana use in cancer patients. He also tells how medicinal marijuana affects the body and changes it when the body has cancer. The downside to having a plethora of logos though is that he also has to state the not-so-good facts, the facts that make medicinal marijuana look arguable. But on the bright side he did this well and then promptly explained the positive side again. He also, in the end, uses visual rhetoric in the form of graphs that show trials of different pills that have THC, a part of the marijuana plant, in them. This clearly gives this piece of rhetoric a logical