Legalization_Of_Pot

Legalization Of Pot The legalization of marijuana is a touchy subject for most people. To some people, marijuana is the root of all evil. While to others, marijuana is the key to physical and mental well being. Marijuana, while illegal in most states, is slowly but surely gaining legalization across the United States. The advanced stages of many illnesses and their treatments are often unbearable; intractable nausea and pain frequently accompany them. Medications prescribed, at times, cause more distress then the ailment in which they are intended to remedy. Many patients suffering from such debilitating diseases as cancer, AIDS or Multiple Sclerosis have turned to a more natural source of pain reliever and choose to smoke marijuana. The American government has held a prohibition of marijuana for the past seventy years; this means the possession of marijuana is unlawful (Fratello, 721). Patients tormented by excruciating afflictions and their families have risked fines and jail time in the effort of relieving their discomfort. These patients should be able to utilize the treatment of their choice, free from the fear of persecution and without the stigma of being considered a criminal. This may be possible with the pharmacological reclassification of the drug marijuana. marijuana, drug, schedule, patients, medical, government, drugs, cocaine, being, while, times, states, should, prescribed, effects, users, study, public, prescription, people, pain, medications, legalization, ii, highly, high, change, believe, because, american, risk, young, without, try, tried