An amazing drug has slowly begun to be recognized by many for its amazing healing qualities. This drug is cheap to produce, has almost no side effects, and can help treat hundreds of medical disorders including multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), AIDS, chronic migraines, Alzheimer's disease, l arthritis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic disorders. stress disorders, cerebral palsy, seizures, hepatitis and almost all forms of cancer, just to name a few. This amazing drug has only one thing stopping it from helping millions of people suffering from all different types of diseases: its use is illegal. That's right, the drug that could help millions of people with so many different diseases is illegal in over half of the United States in addition to being completely illegal under US federal law. How can this be? How can a drug that can help so many people be illegal? The reason is that this amazing miracle drug is medical marijuana. Although some people may argue that medical marijuana is not supported by the medical community and that using marijuana can cause many different side effects, it should be legalized because it has been used medically for thousands of years, has many benefits proven through medical studies and can be used to ease the effects of many different afflictions. Very few hot topics in this world spark as much debate as the legalization of medical marijuana. Recent polls put the country split down the middle, with 50% of people in favor of legalizing marijuana for medical use and 50% of people against it (Caulkins, Hawken, Kilmer, & Kleiman, 2012). People may think that this survey reflects the current opinions of the medical community, claiming that… half of the paper… dArmentano, A. (2014, January 13). Emerging clinical applications for cannabis and cannabinoids [PDF]. Retrieved from NORML website: http://www.norml.org/pdf_files/NORML_Clinical_Applications_for_Cannabis_and_Cannabinoids.pdfCaulkins, J.P., Hawken, A., Kilmer, B., & Kleiman, M. (2012). Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.Kassirer, J. P. (1997). Federal madness and marijuana. New England Journal of Medicine, 336(5), 366-367. doi:10.1056/NEJM199701303360509Pfeifer, D. J. (2013). Smoking gun: The moral and legal fight over the social prospects of medical marijuana. In M. Haerens & L. M. Zott (Eds.), Medical marijuana (pp. 21-27). Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press.Weil, A. (1999, July). Why I support medical marijuana. Retrieved from MAP, Inc. website: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n676.a02.html