The use of medical marijuana has been a controversial issue in the United States for a large part of the last decade. In 1994 a bill was passed through both houses in California which would allow the medicinal use of marijuana in critically ill patients; however the bill was vetoed by Governor Wilson. The following year a similar bill was created which protected both the patient and the doctor whom prescribed the marijuana therapy, but again Wilson axed the bill when it landed on his desk. The supporters of medicinal marijuana changed their approach. The 1996 ballot contained Initiative Prop 215 which passed, leaving Wilson with his hands tied. Despite wide federal disapproval prop 215 has helped thousands of severally ill people face their dieses and comfort them in a time of agony and despair.

The marijuana plant has been used for thousands of years for a multiple of purposes. Hemp was used for making ropes, paper, clothing and curing or improving several different aliments.......

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Title: Medical Mariguana
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