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Proposition 215

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Proposition 215 in 1996 was the first statewide medical marijuana initiative to pass in the USA. The first state it passes in was California on of the most liberal state in the US but besides being one of the most liberal states there are still many people against the act. Scientists have done many studies to prove that medical marijuana does help people. Medical marijuana has helps or solves glaucoma, cancer they even discovered it solves ADD to stomach pain.

Medical Marijuana is used for glaucoma and Cancer paitiets. Scientist discovered that it is one of the best ways to solve pain for patients. Uncontrolled glaucoma can permanently damage a crucial nerve found in the inner back portion of the eye, often leading to loss of side vision. Advocates of medical marijuana in earlier studies demonstrate that the drug has proven properties of lowering intraocular pressure in the eye. Cancer on the other hand marihuana does not help cure the disease but it helps patients forget about the pain that they are suffering. Its also help them deal with what they are going though then just losing it which most people do when they are dienost with cancer.

Stomach pain, attention deficit disorder, and asomia are also other problems medical marijuana control or solve. Stomach pain is a trouble pain that people suffer in everyday life and Medical Marijuana relaxes the stomach muscle and the anti acids by help digest the foods. It also helps people that don't have a very big appetite. There are millions of people that have ADD, which is also know as Attention Deficient Disorder. Many people use medical marijuana to help them concentrate and relax in order to function in there daily lives. Asomia is common use of medical Marijuana. Many people that have a very stressful day of work usually have problems with sleeping and stay up to late hours of the night so they don't start there job fully charged. Medical marijuana comes in by helping relax there minds which eventually will help they sleep and they will have a true rested sleep and start there day right.

Medical marijuana all though has it pros there are also its cons as well. Many people these days do believe that marijuana is a gateway drug or that it is very harmful to the body. For glaucoma its can actually has a way of making it worse. There are many descostions about cancer patients using the drug is just making their body worse then it already is. The main problem people have is

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