Universidad del Este

Carolina, Puerto Rico

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Research work Legalization of marijuana in Puerto Rico and its

health benefits:

ngel G Garca Adorno

ENGL 307
Professor: Migdalia Figueroa Rivera
May 15, 2015

Legalization of marijuana in Puerto Rico and its health benefits:

This topic is about the legalization of marijuana in Puerto Rico for more than 40 years the
government of Puerto Rico has a policy that has failed most of the time by legalizing
marijuana. If legalize marijuana the country can also benefit from marijuana legalization
and may be used for the creation of paper, fuel, clothing, among other things. In this way
the country could develop new industries creating thousands of new jobs and exporting our
products to other countries.
Legalizing marijuana in Puerto Rico can bring many economic benefits to society and the
economy of Puerto Rico.
In Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla wants to approve the legalization
of marijuana but as the approval of marijuana as medicine to improve the health of the
people. The interest of the Government is to provide certain patients the benefit of
marijuana as soon as possible.
With the approval of legalizing marijuana as medicine says a report that the gains could be
over 1,000 million and more jobs.
The benefits derived from this plant that it would be quite useful for patients with cancer,
glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and secretary expressions health.
The Government and the Ministry of Health tell us cannabis to be held in Puerto Rico will
not be smoking marijuana, since it causes the same damage to the snuff. He argued that this
is tea, oils or other forms to be administered orally, which would be used to treat diseases
that produce severe pain, such as cancer and human immunodeficiency virus (VIH).
The health department hopes his agency only approves regulations to start captivate
marijuana and possibly conducting studies in Biomolecular Sciences building at the
University of Puerto Rico (UPR). The governor maintains an agreement with a particular
company to start medication marijuana. The health secretary said that the negotiations they
have had with GB Sciences and indicated that in the future would have room for a local
market.
The term health secretary is that most companies are willing or available to work for the
emergence of entrepreneurial way later and that the company can do successful in Puerto
Rico with this product. What you want is to implement as quickly as possible for patients to
receive this benefit, but at the same time in the most correct and clear as possible. "

Cannabis says the report prepared by the rule which company would be entitled to
produce and deliver the drug to the patient, and what conditions or diagnoses could be
treated with the products to be executed in the island. Marijuana is a controlled substance It
gives the same rating that have medicinal opiates, such as morphine, codeine. From 1-2
says the head of health.
The company GB Sciences Puerto Rico cultivates cannabis on shelves and gleaned from
the plant parts that are used for medicines and studies according Rus Armendariz
acknowledged that in the past two or three months has had discussions with company
personnel for this project medical marijuana is given on the island.
The medicinal use of marijuana was well received in the Medical Sciences Campus of the
University of Puerto Rico and the rector, Noel Aymat, he said that the university is
available for research on the therapeutic use of this plant are developed. The rector said that
there are limitations in the regulation; Executive Order that changes a little, the doors open
so that cannabis can do research on medicinal use. The therapeutic use of marijuana has
detractors, and understands and addresses when they leave the reasoning. The rector said
that the marijuana plant is of the devil but if it works as a medicine is in your favor as
penicillin came from a fungus.
The dean of the School of Pharmacy, Wanda Maldonado says that there are differences
between cannabis and other plants that marijuana may have other effects that may be more
marked and that's part of the process of legitimizing the medical use of marijuana
components. She says that the dose of cannabis should be consistent and that there are ways
to extract cannabinoids scientifically. For most of the conditions that could be treated with
marijuana no drugs, but there are patients who do not respond the same way, there are
patients who do not respond to cannabis to relieve their symptoms. Because that patients
are different from others is that you can run this drug and the patient that this drug can
intoxicate why research is being done.
Studies cannabis in the United States says the therapeutic value of cannabis and its
derivatives. This in treating a range of diseases that affect the Puerto Rican population.
These studies do not say that cannabis is good to fight diseases such as using the plant to
relieve pain caused by multiple sclerosis, AIDS virus, glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease,
migraine, Parkinson's and other diseases that often do not respond to traditional treatments.
In the United States in some states today have already allowed the medicinal use of
cannabis, and these Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine,
Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island
and Washington and the District of Columbia.

The Puerto Rican Academy of Jurisprudence published his support to the Senate Project
517, authored by Sen. Miguel A. Pereira Castle, which would amend Article 404 of the
Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico in order to amend its provisions regarding the
possession of marijuana. It is said that cannabis to people over 21 years of age being
prescribed.
Studies say that cannabis is less harmful than 20 drugs including legal drugs such as
alcohol, snuff and among others. Do not know yet found any cannabis death by overdose
and has seen a total of 400,000 deaths caused by snuff and alcohol 75,000.
Semi marijuana is illegal in 15 US states because it is considered medicinal. If marijuana is
legalized criminal element in the production and distribution of marijuana violence in turn
would lower.
The impact of cannabis is said could be an annual budget of 17.4 billion dollars for the
federal, state and local government in the country.

The 10 most important medical benefits of marijuana in number one we have for treatment
of migraines doctors says it has refueled more than 300,000 cases in California that
marijuana is medicine and 25% in women and men are 8% suffered migraines in your life.
Second marijuana says delaying tumor growth then the Cancer Society has found that
delays in lung tumors, breast and brain considerably. Third is that marijuana cures diseases
of symptoms of chronic diseases. As irritable bowel syndrome or Crohn's be helpful against
nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Fourthly he said to be very good for the improvement
of Alzheimer's patients. In place comes off glaucoma. It helps to lower the intraocular
pressure. Sixthly you not say that prevents pain. It has muscle relaxant and antispasmodic
properties. Seventh we need is help in ADD and ADHD disorders. It's the perfect
alternative to Ritalin to treat disorders without the negative effects of ADHD drugs affects
4.1% of adults between 18 and 44 years. Eighth can treat multiple arteriosclerosis. For
neurological effects and muscle spasms caused by the disease. In the ninth he says that
marijuana is good for women to help with premenstrual syndrome. Relieves pain. 75% of
women suffer. And finally it helps calm with OCD and tourrette. As in the case of
arteriosclerosis approximately 272,000 3,300,000 OCD and Tourette sufferers.
Marijuana as medicine is one of the issues rather than talking lately is everywhere and in
the press for the important benefits that this plant many countries in the world this
legalizing medical interest in curing some diseases in this plant It has the cure. It is said that
marijuana can even save lives and change the world in which we live to treat a patient at a
time. Marijuana has been used for centuries to treat diseases. There are several benefits to
using marijuana for medical purposes. Some of the purposes are the treatment of cancer
patients. Has been shown to be more effective in reducing nausea and vomiting in cancer

patients receiving chemotherapy than other FDA approved drugs. Research conducted in
2012 also indicates that marijuana can even slow the spread of cancer cells in the body.
Studies show that medical marijuana reduces to a high degree the symptoms of PTSD in
war veterans and is more effective than any other drug available. The use of medical
marijuana is associated with reduced rates of suicide and alleviation of pain in veterans.
Medical marijuana has yielded significant results in the treatment of patients with Lyme
disease and other neurological disorders. Smoking marijuana or inhaling its fumes can
reduce the painful symptoms of Lyme disease. Recently it has been shown that the use of
cannabis oil can treat and reduce virtually all the pain and discomfort that come with Lyme
disease. Cannabis oil is a highly concentrated with high levels of THC to help relieve joint
pain substance, reduce seizures, increase appetite, and help improve sleep patterns. One of
the biggest benefits of marijuana has been in the treatment of seizures. As with other
diseases, marijuana has also helped in the treatment of patients with HIV and AIDS. The
use of medical marijuana in patients with HIV has the ability to increase appetite to the
point that patients were able to maintain their weight and ease their pain when they needed
it. Marijuana can slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Smoking marijuana may
slow Alzheimer's symptoms by blocking an enzyme that contributes to the evolution of this
disease. Scientists have also found that cannabis can dramatically reduce tremors, improve
mood, reduce pain and improve communication skills in patients with Alzheimer's.
Marijuana is effective in treating depression secure. It not only helps treat depression but
also helps relieve the symptoms of hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit.
Marijuana reduces the chance of diabetes: Lowering blood sugar levels in the blood, despite
the "downturn" may be a good treatment for combating this disease. Thus proposes the
American Journal of Medicine says that a lower prevalence of obesity and diabetes mellitus
in cannabis sativa. Marijuana is said to be very good for migraine sufferers million people
are affected by severe headaches. It is also talk that marijuana is good for attention
problems and emotional problems in children. There is talk that marijuana used for obesity
in people that helps you lose weight.
If approved marijuana legalization law in Puerto Rico could benefit the country in the
economies with so many benefits that this plant and thus the country with gains of this plant
more job opportunities as the cultivation of marijuana would generate, the plant and
collected as pharmacies or pharmaceutical that will produce the cannabis. A Puerto Rico to
be honest there are many young people who use marijuana illegally consuming it or smoke
it or use it as a drug if also legalizes drugs would be as successful for the economy and so
people do not buy it illegally in the villages and drugs would bring about a great amount of
money to the country and thus the economy would rise and improvement with the sale of
medicinal cannabis. That if you must put a law you sit amount can not exceed the person
buying the drug and that is controlled in the country's trade. With this law passed Puerto
Rico government seeks to take the country forward and be successful as a country is

making many countries with legalization of marijuana and all benefits and profits that is
leaving him doing better economically countries and combating diseases of many people.
In conclusion, if the government approves the legalization of marijuana as medicine for the
health of many people their health will benefit and leave many gains to the economy of
Puerto Rico and the trade and jobs grow a lot of opportunities and new companies would
work as well that pharmaceutical and therefore also the most important and positive for
marijuana serious cures for people improve or cure various diseases that cannabis can
solve.

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