Amendment 2 or the right to Medical Marijuana would make the use of medical marijuana legal under certain health conditions.
Patients or caregivers with an issued license by a physician would also be allowed to attend registered marijuana treatment centers (Ballotpedia 2014).
Not just anyone can get a medical marijuana license though.
Individuals must be diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition.
Such as cancer, HIV or glaucoma.
The Florida Department of Health would be responsible for regulating medical marijuana and it would also issue identification cards and develop procedures for treatment centers.
In the following passages I will discuss the pros and cons of marijuana, how poor people can obtain it if they can’t afford it and how I personally feel about amendment 2 and the legalization of marijuana.
Medical marijuana has many health benefits such as relieving chronic pain due to an illness or relieving stress after a long or busy day.
The evidence is proven by research that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting, and other debilitating symptoms caused by such illnesses as cancer and AIDS in patients all around the globe (ProCon 2014).
Sanjay Gupta, MD, Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN mentioned that marijuana does not have a high potential for abuse and there are very legitimate applications.
Also Sometimes marijuana is the only thing that works, said Gupta.
Arthritis is another common disease, usually in older adults, with no current cure and marijuana has been proven to help alleviate the symptoms of this disease as well.
Rheumatology reported in 2006 that in comparison with the placebo, the CBM [cannabis-based medicine] produced statistically significant improvements in pain on movement, pain at rest and quality of sleep (ProCon 2014).
Although there are several legitimate benefits of medical marijuana, there are still those who disagree and argue that the legalization of medical marijuana would be harmful to society.
Written by Tristan Weatherburn, Quit Marijuana is an e-learning program designed to help addicts quit smoking weed for good.
The reason why he came up with this program is because he was an addict himself having started from 14 to 27 years old.
