Abstract
This commentary presents the case for the legalization of marihuana for medicinal purposes. It examines the history of medical marihuana, briefly discusses its clinical uses and presents a general overview of the legal classification (scheduling) of the drug in the United States of America today.
Key Words:
- marihuana
- marijuana
- AIDS
- HIV
- chemotherapy
- Cancer
- THC
- delta-9 Tet-rahydocannibol
- Medical Marihuana
- drugs
- addiction
- addiction research
- legalization
- nausea
- synthetic canniboids
- Marinol
- pot
- weed
- Proposition 215
- California
- Arizona
- illicit drugs
- Comprehensive Drug Abuse Act
- Schedule I
- Schedule II
- cannabis
- hemp
- Medical Marijuana
- history of marihuana
- prescriptions