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Make It LegalBy: Sebastian Vivo

Background Info: Marijuana, or cannabis, is natural substance

that grows in many parts of the world. Since its discovery it has had a lot of uses including woven fabric, incense, rope, and even food because of its extremely high nutritional content, but most importantly as medicine.

Why should we make it legal?

Marijuana has so many benefits, the most important being its medicinal uses. Imagine having a miracle remedy that is able to treat hundreds of illnesses at your fingertips, imagine all the lives that can be saved.

Since they legalized marijuana in January 2014, the state of Colorado has made $36.5 million in tax revenue, $7 million going to the construction of public schools, and its crime rate going down 15%.

Where is it legal in the U.S. ?

What can it help with ?

Acute Gastritis

Adenomyosis

Alzheimer’s

Amyloidosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Anaphylactic or Reaction

Angelman Syndrome

Anorexia

Arthritis

What can it help with ?

Arthropathy (Gout)

Asperger Disorder

Asthma

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

Autism

Back Pain

Bell's Palsy

Bipolar Disorder

Bruxism

What can it help with ?

Bulemia

Cachexia

Cancer

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Cerebral Aneurysm

CFS

Chronic Pain

Cluster Headaches

CMT Disease

Colitis

What can it help with ?

Colitis/Ulcerative Colitis

Colon Diverticulitis

Crohn's disease

CVS

Cystic Fibrosis

Cystitis/Urethritis

Darier's Disease

Depression

Diabetes

Diarrhea

What can it help with ?

Dravet Syndrome

Dupuytren's Contracture

Dyspepsia

Dystonia

E. T.

Eczema

Ehlers Danlos

Emphysema

Endometriosis

Epilepsy/Seizure Disorder

What can it help with ?

Felty's syndrome

Fibromyalgia

Friedreich's Ataxia

GastroEsophgeal Reflux Disease

Glaucoma

Graves' disease

Hemophilia A

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura

Herpes

HIV / AIDS

What can it help with ?

Hydrocephalus

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Hyperventilation

HYPOGLYCEMIA-MMj Treatment

Incontinence

Inflammatory Bowel

Insomnia

Interstitial Pneumonia

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Limbic Rage Syndrome

What can it help with ?

Liver Disease

Lupus

Lyme Disease

Macular Degeneration

Marfan Syndrome-

mastocytosis

MD

Medical Marijuana as Pain Treatment for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

What can it help with ?

Medical Marijuana Treatment for Addiction

Melorheostosis

Meniere's Disease

Menopausal Syndrome

Migraines

Motion Sickness

Movement Disorders

MRSA

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Muscle Spasm

What can it help with ?

Myofascial Pain

Nausea

Nephritis

Neurodegenerative Disorders

Neurofibromatosis

Neuropathy

Nightmares

NPS

Osgood-Schlatter

What can it help with ?

Osteogenesis imperfecta

Palmar Hyperhydrosis

Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatitis

Panic Attacks

Panic Disorder

Pectus carinatum (Pigeon breast/chest)

Pemphigus

What can it help with ?

Peptic Ulcer

Peutz-Jehgers

Polyarteritis Nodosa

Polycythemia vera

Porphyria—Alternative Symptom Treatments

Post Concussion Syndrome

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PPS-Post Polio Syndrome

Prostate Cancer

Pruritus

What can it help with ?

Psoriasis

Pylorospasm reflux

Radiation Therapy

Raynaud's phenomenon

Reactive Arthritis

RLS-MMj Treats Symptoms

SAD

Schizophrenia(s)

Scleroderma

Scoliosis

Selectivemutism

What can it help with ?

Shingles

Sinusitis

Sjogren's Syndrome

Sleep Apnea

Spina Bifida and Medical Marijuana

Sturge-Weber

Syringomyelia

Tenosynovitis

Testicular Cancer

Testicular Torsion

What can it help with ?

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Tic Douloureux

Tietze’s Syndrome

Tinnitus

Tourette Syndrome and Cannabinoids

TTM

Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Anorexia Use of marijuana stimulates the body's

metabolism and causes users to experience an increase in appetite.

Cancer The benefits of medical marijuana for cancer

patients are clear when it comes to increased appetite reduction of pain, wasting, vomiting and nausea. Cannabinoids (the chemicals inside cannabis) fight cancer cells, and arrest brain, breast, leukemic, melanoma, pheochromocytoma cancer cells

Migraines Since the 19th century people have been

using marijuana as a remedy for migraines, THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) inhibits the release serotonin from the blood, reducing pain.

Jayden David Jayden was born with a rare seizure disorder

called Dravet Syndrome, which made him subject to 200-300 seizures every day. After one does of cannibidoil (cannabis extract) Jayden went a full 4 days without a seizure and now experiences far less daily seizures.

Compared to other drugs

This is where we come in…….

Our mission statement

Our goal is to make medical marijuana legal in all 50 states.

Slogan

“save lives, make it legal”

Call to action Sign our petition and help out our cause by

speaking out about the benefits of medical marijuana. Help us Make It Legal

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