Medical Uses of Marijuana
Background This page was written and created by Tiffany Everroad and John Shearer as a class project. We are sponsored by Ivy Tech and Fortune City. This page was last updated on November 5, 1999.
Drives to legalize marijuana for medicinal uses have substantial public support. According to a recent poll, 83% of Canadians think this kind of use should be legal. The federal government proceeds to claim that not enough is known about possible dangers suggested by the drug (Gray, 1998).

Marijuana has numerous legitimate medical uses, some of which are AIDS, cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, paraplegia, Tourette's syndrome, glaucoma, anorexia, depression, bronchitis, migraines, allergies, and many other conditions (Hicks, 1998).





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Gettman/High Times Petition The Institute of Medicine Report on Marijuana and Medicine discredits the DEA's claims that marijuana is a hazardous drug of abuse with no medical value. Jon Gettman with the help of High Times Magazine filed a petition that the IOM is supporting. The petition caused the federal government to evaluate marijuana's scheduling position in formal and public events. The discoveries of the Gettman/High Times Petition verified by the IOM report are the following:
~ Marijuana doesn't have a distinguished potential for misuse and has accepted medical purpose in the United States.
~ Marijuana has a lesser potential for misuse than alcohol or tobacco.
~ Marijuana isn't addictive and doesn't act as a gateway to severe drug abuse.
~ Marijuana is especially effective in reducing a broad scope of medical conditions (Institute of Medicine report backs High Times bid to re-classify marijuana,1999).
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