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Legalizing Medicinal Marijuana
Marijuana is the common name for Cannabis sativa and its use in the United States has been a national concern since the early twentieth century. Although there have been many studies conducted proving the benefits of the THC in marijuana for certain conditions, Congress removed it from the U.S. Pharmacopoeia in 1942 because the government discovered marijuana to be a harmful and addictive drug. Later on in 1971, Congress passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, which divided drugs into five schedules. Marijuana is in Schedule I, the category for drugs with high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. Since then 12 states have removed state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients with valid documentation from their physicians. Due to the many possible uses and benefits of marijuana in the medical field, along with very few side effects, Congress should reconsider the......

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