Marijuana, Medicine or Illicit Drug If you look hard enough, you can see a drug deal happening daily. Your first thought is, look at that drug addict, where are the Police when you need them? What if the person buying the drug used it to ease the pain of a life threatening illness? What if it slowed the progress of a blinding disease? The debate over marijuana as a medicinal drug has continued for decades. …showed first 75 words of 793 total…

…showed last 75 words of 793 total…stop the suffering of decent Americans trying to have a less painful existence. Americans should not have to suffer because of laws that unsympathetic politicians vote on. Works-Cited Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Statement on Marijuana for Medical Purposes. www.witehousedrugpolicy.gov. (August 4, 1997) Fackelman, Kathleen. "Marijuana on Trial" Science News Online. www.sciencenews.org. (March 22, 1997) Marijuana Policy Project. Medicinal Marijuana Briefing Paper 1999 "The Need to Change State and Federal Laws." www.mpp.org.