marijuana a medicinal drug

Marijuana: How can it's Medical Use be Denied? Although marijuana may be an illegal drug, it has many medicinal values. However the federal government and the FDA agree that legalizing it for medical use will only cause problems in society. If legalized it will be easier to obtain, resulting in a rise of the recreational use. This may be true, but research and studies prove that marijuana has a great medical value. It's use is …

…effective in treating a variety of illnesses. Yet our federal government is not convinced of the importance of this drug and it's medicinal value. People are dying and suffering while a drug that could prevent and ease all of this is illegal. The federal government is jeopardizing the health of human beings by keeping marijuana illegal. How many more people must die and suffer before our government can finally see the medicinal value of marijuana?