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Should States Have Legal Control Of Medicinal Marijuana?

Running head: SHOULD STATES HAVE LEGAL CONTROL OF MARIJUANA
Should States Have Legal Control of Medicinal Marijuana?
Richard J. Radde
Columbia Southern University


Abstract
The use of marijuana for medicinal treatment has recently been an argumentive issue in state politics. The intent of this paper is to inform the reader of the benefits of using marijuana to assist patients with incurable diseases and to prove that states should have the right to legally control the use of it.


State’s Control of Marijuana for Medical Use
Marijuana is the drug made from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. The active ingredient of marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is a sticky resin that is derived from the flowering top of the plants. It had been used for medicinal purposes as early as 3000 BC in India, Central Asia, and China ("Marijuana," 2005). There were over 100 documents written on the medicinal uses of the drug between......


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Approximate Word Count: 1824
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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