Legalization Of Marijuana

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time that it's been in use. Its known uses go back further than 7,000 B.C. The marijuana plant has an incredible number of uses. The earliest known woven fabric was apparently of hemp which are the actual marijuana leaves, and over the centuries the plant was used for food, incense, cloth, rope, and much more.(Drug War Rant 1) This adds to some of the confusion over its introduction in the United States, as the plant was well known from the early 1600's, but did not reach public awareness as a recreational drug until the early 1900's.Something that I have noticed with cannabis is that people tend to build pacifism this word derives from Latin, meaning Peace. Marijuana should be legalized because there are a lot more pros than cons from using it; it help pro-long life for people with diseases, it decreases the crime rate drastically and It can help the government economically.
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Studies show that Delta-9-tetrahydrocanabinol (THC) which is the active chemical in Cannabis (Marijuana) is more effective compared witch placebos in patients achieving chemotherapy for cancer patients.
In this study scientists compared THC with prochlorperazine (Compazine) in a randomized, double-blind, crossover trial with patients who had failed to benefit from standard antiemetic therapy. Regardless of the emetic activity of the chemotherapeutic agents, there were more complete responses to THC courses (in 36 of 79 courses) than to prochlorperazine (in 16 of 78 courses). Of 25 patients who were treated with both drugs and who expressed a preference, 20 preferred THC (P = 0.005). ...

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