The Legalization of Marijuana as a Medicine Imagine if one of your loved ones was suffering from a very painful, lethal disease such as cancer. There is a substance that can relieve their pain, but due to a law instituted several decades ago declaring that substance illegal they will be forced to suffer. If marijuana was legalized, strictly for medical purposes, then much of the pain and suffering experienced by cancer patients and those suffering …showed first 75 words of 1357 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1357 total…that come along with smoking it. A safe delivery system which is just as effective as smoking but without the hazard should be developed and tested clinically. Another intresting factor to explore in this research would be marijuana's ability to reduce stress. This could be very helpful as stated in "Marijuana Update" by Martha King, "It is important to understand the role of relief from fear in managing symptoms that are influenced by stress" (King, 2).