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Cerda
Alex Cerda
7-25-2023
Professor Saadi
ENGL 1302
Marijuana or cannabis use has been a topic of discourse for many decades and is still an
intensely divided argument of the legality of the drug. Since the 19th century marijuana has been
used as a form of medicine to treat patients for a multitude of reasons and is shown to have many
health benefits for people. Cannabis has been linked to help multiple facets of health like
immune, nervous system, and even with mental health. However, marijuana is commonly
referred to as the “Gateway Drug” which makes it more likely that someone will use a stronger
type of drug (Villa-Secades et al.2015). Marijuana is also shown to increase the development of
addiction to other substances like alcohol (Weinberger et al. 2016). The drug has also shown to
have many negative effects to a person that can have long lasting or even permanent effects on
someone. For instance, in a 2016 study by Volkow et al. there was the conclusion that the use of
that has many different opinions from both sides of the argument on why it should or shouldn’t
be illegal.
There are many types of ways in which someone can benefit from marijuana use when
taken for medical or even personal use. There are over 100 known compounds or cannabinoids in
the cannabis plant, and these cannabinoids have shown to have a potential therapeutic effect for
multiple medical conditions. The most common cannabinoids that are used to treat people are
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Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV).