Medical Marijuana Since marijuana was discovered, it was smoked to get high and to cope with suffering medical conditions. Scientists are now realizing that marijuana could help in some medical cases. “It’s not particularly effective across the board, but it may be effective for some people some times,” LaMar McGinnis (medical consultant to the American Cancer Society). “It should be available as a controlled substance. Pot helps with many medical conditions, especially cancer, AIDS, …showed first 75 words of 832 total…

…showed last 75 words of 832 total…in reducing pain and suffering for patients with a variety of serious illnesses. So far eight states have ruled marijuana as a positive medicinal use and more are likely to come. Marijuana use may cause long-term effects and lead to a serious addiction. However, it argues that these distant risks are not relevant issues when it is prescribed to fight nausea and pain in seriously ill patients with AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and other horrible diseases.