Marijuana as a Medical OptionIn my opinion, a federal rule that bars doctors from easing severely-ill patients' pain through marijuana administration/prescription is an appalling, unwise, and heavy-handed one. Federal lawmakers must revoke their ban on marijuana for clinical application, in case of acutely ailing individuals, and leave it to doctors to decide whom to administer/prescribe this drug to. The government ought to alter marijuana's current schedule 1 (potentially addictive without existing medical utility) status, to schedule 2 status (possibly addictive but having accepted clinical utility) and correspondingly regulate it (Should marijuana be a medical option?).

Medical cannabis has effectively relieved pain among a number of individuals suffering from chronic ailments. Medical science researchers have only now established the scientific effectiveness of this ancient cure. Several thousand ailing individuals have substituted non-threatening, nontoxic cannabis for disabling psychotropic drugs such as narcotics. A tremendous amount of anecdotal proof has surfaced: people with injured spines can now walk without crutches/walkers, those diagnosed with AIDS have put on weight and reduced medications, cancer patients have found relief from chemotherapy's horrible side-effect of nausea, formerly disabled individuals (disability resulting from debilitating addictions and psychological ailments) are now back in the society,...

Marinol or Dronabinol can be obtained in capsule form via a doctor's prescription. However, its marked disadvantage is that it only contains synthetic delta-9-THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) that constitutes just one medicinally valuable cannabinoid in natural cannabis. Curiously, this drug the U.S. federal authorities have allowed to be administered/ prescribed by physicians represents the most psychoactive cannabinoid. It has now been discovered that cannabinoids have neuro-modulation capacity at a number of nervous system levels, by means of receptor-based direct mechanisms, and have therapeutic properties (such as analgesia, immunomodulation, neuro-protective, anti-oxidative effects, anti-inflammatory effect, regulation of tumor growth, and glial-cell modulation), which can be applied to treat individuals suffering from neurological disorders. Furthermore, cannabinoids are found to be amazingly safe, without overdose potential (Should marijuana be a medical option?).
Marijuana's clinical benefits have been widely recognized, and no scientific study can conclude that marijuana lacks curative properties (even…