Does Marijuana have a Medicinal Value?

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Does Marijuana have a Medicinal Value?
Marijuana commonly referred to as Cannabis is amongst the one of the very extensively
used leisure drugs these days (NIDA 263). It originates from the genre of flowering plant that
consists of three kinds, that is, Sativa, Indica, and Ruderalis. It is native to Central Asia and the
Indian subcontinent. The primary consumption of marijuana dates way back to 3rd century BC.
Psychoactive element in marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which can instigate a range of
bodily and mental issues comprising of; ecstasy, alteration in discernment, and variations in
desire for food and retention. Apart from usage as a leisure drug, it is as well used in spiritual
rituals and more lately has been used to cure a selection of different diseases from prolonged
aching to epilepsy.
There is a continuing debate concerning the medical benefits of medical marijuana. It is
presently illegal in a majority of places globally. There is increasing usage of medicinal
marijuana, mainly in states such as Australia, Netherlands, Canada, Belgium, and in a number of
states inside the United States. Authorization of marijuana in Uruguay of late has generated
pronounced concern, an aspect that makes this topic to be of great interest to policy makers, the
government and the general public (Tom et al. 2007). It is because there is unending conflict on

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whether it should be legalized or not as well as finding an answer to the big question of whether
marijuana has a true medical value. This paper will clearly outlines the source methodology of
different literature used which consists of both scholarly sources and popular sources and
presents the research results from different academic sources. The paper further deliberates on
the differences between scholarly and popular sources of information, discussions on relation of
this topic to some of the course themes and theories, and a final conclusion giving the unbiased
opinion on the debate concerning the legalization and use of marijuana.
Source Methodology
In social science, a source methodology is aimed at describing the action taken in
investigating a research problem, in this case, the true medicinal value of marijuana. A rational
for the application of academic techniques and procedures is essential in the identification,
selection, and analysis of different scholarly information applied to evaluate and understand the
theme of discussion. Therefore, this section presents the method of data collection and analysis
of the results. Behere Aniruddh et al (263) denote that empirical-analytical and interpretive
strategy is the two major classification of research resource methodology. The interpretive
strategy is aimed seeking a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the phenomenon.
On the other hand, empirical-analytical strategy focuses on the research question,
objective knowledge, and the operational definitions of the study variables measured in the
research process. The method hence employs deductive reasoning using the existing theories in
the formulation of the hypothesis to be tested. This study adopts the interpretive group
methodology to analytically disclose meaning-making believes and practices on the use of
marijuana. From the sources identified, interpretive method is used to identify the holistic

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meaning, findings and results, and recommendations from academic and non-academic literature
with a focus of presenting observable outcomes to recognize the connection between marijuana
and whether it has true medicinal value.
Research Results
From the research, focus is given to two extremes on the use of marijuana for medicinal
purposes. These include whether marijuana has true medicinal value or whether it has no true
medicinal value.
Marijuana Has True Medical Value
Over centuries, investigation has produced effects to propose that marijuana may possibly
be of assistance in the treatment of certain illnesses. In the preceding year, a big assessment from
the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine evaluated more than 10,000
methodical studies on the medicinal benefits and contrary impacts of marijuana (Loria 17). One
extent that the report regarded thoroughly at was the usage of medicinal marijuana to curb long-
lasting aching. Persistent pain is a primary basis of incapacity, distressing more than 25 million
grown-ups in the United States. The evaluation established that marijuana, or produces having
cannabinoids — which are the active components in marijuana, or other combinations that act on
the comparable receptors in the brain as marijuana — are operative at dismissing protracted pain.
A different broad assessment of proof, issued in the preceding year in the journal Clinical
Psychology Review, exposed that consuming marijuana might assist persons with alcohol or
opioid addictions to combat their dependences. However, this discovery may be argumentative.
The National Academies of Sciences assessment proposes that marijuana usage in fact pushes

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greater than before possibility for abusing and turning out to be reliant on other themes of
concern such as its legalization or economic value (Sipetic-Grujicic 1225). Moreover, the more
that somebody consumes marijuana, the more probable they are to cultivate a delinquent with
consuming marijuana. Persons who initiated consuming the drug at an early time of life are
similarly identified to be at augmented possibility of increasing a delinquent with marijuana
usage.
The analysis available in Clinical Psychology Review evaluated all issued scientific
works that explored the usage of marijuana to cure signs of psychological disorder. Its writers
established selected proof supportive of the usage of marijuana to release dejection and post-
traumatic tension illness signs. Having said that, they warn that marijuana is not a proper remedy
for certain psychological health disorders, such as bipolar syndrome and insanity. The analysis
shows that there is selected proof to propose that marijuana may ease signs of public
nervousness, but then again, this is disputed by the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine assessment, which in its place instituted that consistent consumers of
marijuana might in fact be at an augmented threat of public nervousness.
The June 2018 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report also permitted the usage of a
treatment having cannabidiol (CBD) to cure two uncommon, severe, and particular kinds
of epilepsy — so-called Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome — that are hard to
manage with other kinds of treatment. This CBD-founded medication is identified as Epidiolex.
CBD is one of various elements that re found in cannabis. It is not psychoactive. The medicine
for curing these disorders encompasses a refined form of CBD. The endorsement was grounded