Schedule 1 drug marijuana has remained for a long, long time now, in spite of the fact that over half the fifty American states have sanctioned its use medically. Research from across the world indicates that cannabinoid treatment is successful in many conditions like the side effects of chemotherapy, seizures, and chronic pain and muscle spasms. Obama has decided upon wider research to get at the secrets of the drug. Don’t you think the classification of the Drug Enforcement and Administration should be changed quickly enough, making it more accessible, though the decision is expected to be made within a few months? Meanwhile, the DEA announced recently that marijuana would remain in the Schedule 1 listing.
We are convinced and backed by evidence that alcohol (unscheduled), cocaine (schedule 2), methamphetamine (schedule 2) and prescription opioids (schedule 2, 3, 4) are far greater villains and cause widespread deaths every year. Marijuana too is reputed to exert harmful effects upon adolescent brains. Marijuana is supposed to cause psychotic problems in some people. The new sensation is synthetic marijuana that has been included separately under the Schedule 1 listing. The federal government is making a mistake with marijuana in spite of all the facts.
Do you know the truths?
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Opioids such as morphine can lead to respiratory failure ending in death and intravenous drug intake brings risks of brain abscess, hepatitis and endocarditis.
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Methamphetamine could cause cardiogenic shock and hyperthermia.
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Cocaine sometimes gives rise to kidney failure and heart attacks.
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None of the above dangers is remotely associated with marijuana and certainly no overdose deaths! It could become addictive over time and cause mild psychosis. Nothing more.
The much-loved alcohol is also responsible for the worst car crashes and maximum deaths. Can you imagine that excess alcohol intake causes about 88,000 deaths in the USA each year? In 2010, alcohol excesses caused 1.2 million emergency department cases. Alcohol is certainly number one on the abused substances list. Even if a victim stopped drinking, severe problems could remain in the form of withdrawal symptoms. Heavy drinking over many years, and suddenly stopping puts the system at risk that had been used to alcohol for so long. The result could be tremors, worse, it could lead to seizures and death too.
As long as sufferers remain worldwide for whom marijuana is a much sought after panacea, governments are going to change the laws, sooner rather than later and dramatic things are happening like in the November presidential elections.
