Should license doctors have a right to prescribe marijuana to benefit patients? Before answering this question, let me recap the scenario from blog 3 about you having a sibling who is diagnosis with brain tumor. In that scenario, the doctor told you that he cannot prescribe marijuana to your sibling because it is illegal to prescribe marijuana to any patient in the state that you live in. The doctor insisted due to an awareness that he can lose his license. In 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement against the use of smoked marijuana. This means that doctors are not allowed or covered by insurance for recommending marijuana to any patient. However, only doctors from medical excuse marijuana states can recommend this drug (http://www.dfaf.org/content/don%E2%80%99t-doctors-prescribe-marijuana).
Even though FDA issued a statement against the use of smoked marijuana, more than half of doctors believe that the laws on cannabis are too strict. In a survey, it was found that one in three doctors want the drug legalized. According to "Cannabis laws 'too strict' says doctors," stated that "[e]ight out of 10 doctors say they would prescribe cannabis to patients with serious illnesses such as multiple sclerosis (MS) or cancer, if they were allowed to." However, there are also doctors who opposed to prescribing marijuana. These doctors feel that there isn't enough research to prove that marijuana is beneficial. As reported in KNX 1070 on October 17, 2011, Dr. James Hay, president-elect of California Medical Association, stated that they "don’t have [enough] adequate information to know [the] safety or effectiveness of marijuana as a medical product." In spite of that there are medical professionals who disagree with him. In fact, according to Marijuana Legalization Organization (MLO), a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) was published in response to the White House's request for a review of scientific information about marijuana's medical uses. The report was informative and concluded that " therapeutic effects of cannabinoid drugs, primarily THC, for pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting, and appetite stimulation."
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Although there are many objections that disable doctors to prescribe marijuana to sick patients, I believe that doctors should be able to prescribe it. I feel that chemotherapy and medicines are not helping cancer patients instead painkillers such as marijuana may be the only way to ease the agony of these sick patients. According to MLO, Harvard University researchers "have reported [that they have found] delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive component of marijuana, reduced the growth of lung cancer in mice. These results are promising, but further research is necessary to see if THC treatment has the same effect in humans." Corresponding to that, MLO also stated that "scientists at Madrid's Complutense University found that Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), "destroyed malignant tumours in laboratory rats," suggesting the possibility that marijuana might be an effective treatment for brain cancer." Having all these promising researches available only proves that marijuana is an effective drug. Marijuana can eases the pain from sick patients.
I encourage my readers to watch the video linked below. This video discusses why cannabis is used by benefit patients:
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