Medical Marijuana - Medicinal Marijuana - Medical Uses Of Marijuana

In Michigan, on November 4, 2008, Michiganders made history by passing Proposal 1, Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, legalizing medical marijuana.

06/07/2005, In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that people whose doctors have prescribed marijuana for medical purposes can be arrested and prosecuted, overriding medicinal marijuana statutes in 10 states.

Politics is seemingly everywhere, including in the management of chronic pain. Although legal in 10 states, medical marijuana has now been relegated to the control of the federal government. This was determined in a 6-3 vote by the Supreme Court this week. The judges in the ruling emphasize that the decision was not over whether marijuana is an effective pain reliever.

Medical marijuana is no longer a "political issue," since the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the drug, according to President Bush’s “Drug Czar" John Walters. In a White House press release, Drug Czar Walters urged Americans who depended on doctor-prescribed marijuana to look instead to "proven medicine by legitimate doctors," for relief of pain caused by chronic illness.

Karen Tandy, the administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, examines the harm done to the youth of America by myths surrounding marijuana use in an article for the March 2005 issues of Police Chief Magazine.

Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. There are over 200 slang terms for marijuana.

Although legalization activists and many marijuana users believe smoking pot has no negative effects, scientific research indicates that marijuana use can cause many health problems. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. When smoked, it begins to effect users almost immediately.

This IOM report summarizes and analyzes what is known about the medical use of marijuana; it emphasizes evidence-based medicine as opposed to belief-based medicine, from Institute of Medicine.

The NIH held a scientific meeting in February 1997, to review the scientific data concerning the potential therapeutic uses for marijuana and the need for and feasibility of additional research, from National Institutes of Health

10 issues which are components of the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?", from Medical Marijuana ProCon.org

Medical marijuana news and additional medical marijuana research resources, from MAPS.