Marijuana as Medicine: More Harm Than Help Wade Cleland AP
English Language and Composition Mrs. Czupryk 18 April 1998
Cleland 1 Marijuana as Medicine: More Harm Than Help Joan Daly
smokes marijuana. She is also a former member of the San Francisco
Police Department. When Joan was diagnosed with cancer she began
a rigorous chemotherapy program, which has left her in an almost
constant state of nausea, to battle her disease. She, and many like
her, claim that the only drug they have tried that works to ease their
pain is marijuana (Lacayo np). Claims such as this have led to a
national movement pushing the legalization of medical marijuana.
Marijuana should not be legalized for medicine or any other purpose.
(98) Naturally, those who support the cause of legalization will have
their arguments, which can be summarized into three main areas. The
first is the claim that marijuana is an instrumental treatment for the
nausea associated with chemotherapy in cancer patients.......
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