The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) website in the USA shows statistically, over 40% of all adults have experienced it. There were well over 800,000 people that were charged with using the substance in 2009.
Early 2009, 3News reported that a patient who had been paraplegic for a decade who had benefited from reduction of pain from cannabis was charged for using the substance. His prescribed pain relief simply did not work. There is another man who suffers from cancer, his wife has multiple sclerosis, and was helped by cannabis to minimize the pain. Cannabis is the only medicine that eases their pain and he now faces a charge with possession of an illegal drug. With the choice of either suffering from the disease or being sent to jail, he advocates using marijuana. Are there only two bitter options left for him? Who can protect those who seek solutions for their lives?
Recent NZ Herald news (2011, May) reports that the NZ Law Commission should review the outdated drug law, Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, regarding prosecution of low level drug offenses. Using cannabis for medical purposes should be considered as legalised, the reporter added.
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ReplyDeleteThe point is why or for what purpose it should be legalise?
Hi Binyam,
ReplyDeleteWell, the reason is that marijuana has been proven as an effective therapeutic medicine. There are also people globally claim that they have experienced the beneficial aspects of using marijuana such as pain relief and anti-emetic. Having less side-effects, no relation to causing cancer or addiction and so on.
It has been shown that marijuana is actually safer than alcohol and cigarette. The right of choosing better alternatives shouldn't be ignored.
Hope this helps :)