Medical Marijuana?

Marijuana could become a minor benefit in the medical field, as it can ease nausea, pain, and loss of appetite. It can also help with multiple sclerosis and glaucoma. However, it can cause memory loss, reduced coordination, and hallucinations. Can marijuana be considered a useful drug in the medical field? First, one must peer into the science behind the leaf and the consequences.

When a person consumes pot(another name for marijuana) in any way, the plant’s cells attach to brain cells and slam the brakes on the pain receptors in them. It also reduces pressure in the eyes, helping patients with Glaucoma(a disease in the eyes involving increased pressure in the eyes, often leading to blindness in one or both eyes), though it is not known just how the plant does this. However, many health risks are involved with marijuana. Such health risks include many of the same consequences of normal smoking tobacco(cancer in various places, premature wrinkling and yellowing of the skin, and loss of teeth are only a few of these), impairment of the mind, reduced coordination/balance, increased chance of heart attack, chronic cough, and respiratory infections, and hallucination.

So, the question still stands: Could marijuana still make an appearance in the medical field? The answer put simply: No. The FDA has banned it nationwide, and so consequences for being in possession of it could span from a small fine to a lengthy prison sentence. I personally believe that the negative consequences outweigh the positive ones by a great amount.