Essays Tagged: "medical reasons"
Marijuana for medical purposes - pursuasive essay
In California there is still more controversial debate over the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The advantage with using marijuana for medical reason is, it eases the pain, and r ... eir disease. My stand point on this subject is that it is a good idea for marijuana to be used as a medical drug for the treatment in terminal illnesses.The state law proposition 215 which says, that ... nesses.The state law proposition 215 which says, that pot is legal to smoke if you are using it for medical reasons in terminally ill cases. This proposition was on the November ballot and was voted i ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Smoking
all know thatsmoking is very dangerous. Millions of people around the globe wantto quit smoking for medical reasons such as having alreadytwo heart-valve replacement surgeries. Wht did some people do ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Euthanasia, mercy killing
roughout theworld,and Canada is no exception.Euthanasisamust not be accepted for religious,legal andmedical reasons,as alternatives to such adramatic end.To begin,the law,both civil andreligious,forbi ... on their families in assiteddying,with it being offered most readily tothose least able to pay for medical care'.This must not take place as it will reducethe lifespans of an increasingly large group ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Marijuana: Marvelous Medicine.
itive effects on the human body. These effects should lead to legalization of smoking marijuana for medical reasons.In few states, this legal drug has shown to ease pain in seriously ill patients. Can ... e weight. Smoking marijuana will stop weight loss and improve patients' appetite. As Marcus Conant, medical doctor at the University of California, states "I have seen hundreds of AIDS and cancer pati ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Abortion essay
e it is a controversial topic on human rights often debated in society. Abortion can be induced for medical reasons or because of an elective decision to end the pregnancy.Throughout our Internet rese ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
This is a opinionated paper on Health care and if the government should gain profit in health care or help society for no profit gain.
ernardino California, a trauma surgeon sent a patient who had been stabbed in the heart to a county medical center after examining him and declaring his condition stable. The patient arrived at the co ... a cardiac arrest, and died. These two hospitals shifted these patients to county facilities not for medical reasons, but for economic ones -- the receiving hospitals feared they wouldn't be paid for t ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights
Marijuana Argumentative Essay including works cited
proven again with marijuana. Some reasons why marijuana should be legal include there are numerous medical benefits, its creates a very harmful underground society, and prohibition costs very much mo ... olved, which is the money spent on trying to prevent the use of drugs and prosecute drug offenders. Medical reasons should also be accounted for which include the need for medical marijuana for patien ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Abortion is not immoral.
ere are, of course, no clear cut yes or no answers to whether abortion is moral but considering the medical and social factors, the other problems associated with casual sex as well as the baseless ar ... orth by the pro-life lobbyists, abortion cannot be considered immoral.There are perfectly justified medical reasons for abortion. A sizeable fraction of all children born in a population will be affli ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Abortion.
cially induced abortion.The vast majority of all abortions performed today are done for social, not medical reasons -- because a woman doesn't feel ready for a baby at the time, because her partner wa ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Cryopreservation
Cryopreservation should be a considered as an alternative medical process, for future reproduction of children, for men faced with life altering medical condi ... with unexpected life changes causing them to wonder if they will be able to begin a family. Several medical reasons such as vasectomy, treatment of malignant diseases, low concentration or poor sperm ... or deployments due to their jobs contribute to this process becoming increasingly successful. These medical conditions cause them unnecessary stress and anxiety about their future legacy, that can be ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Important landmarks which contributed to the development of surgery.
illed into the skull leaving the membrane around the brain intact. It has been carried out for both medical reasons and mystical practices for a long time, dating back to Hippocrates who even gave spe ... his year; and it opened many doors to new kinds of patients who had a choice. It allowed growth for medical professions as well (ie. McGill offers MDCG). In 1863, General Surgical Pathology and Therap ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Attention deficit hyperactive disorder
In 1902, Dr. G. F. Still, described the behavior of a group of hyperactive children. He knew of no medical reasons for their behavior and made no mention of their educational needs or social skills. ... ation. In a recent study of over 9000 children in the Midwest, the number of children who have been medically diagnosed as hyperactive was about 3%. The number of undiagnosed children, based on data f ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Genetic Enginering
. I agree with the use of genetic engineering as long as it is dealing with plants,food or used for medical reasons. But when genetic engineering is used to genetically alter peoples babies to have a ... crops by plant viruses. It is also used to increase plant production, to diagnose disease, improve medical treatment and produce vaccines and other medical treatment and other useful drugs. I believe ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Abortion And Euthanasia
wo types of abortion there is natural abortion which is where the unborn child is terminated due to medical reasons this is called a miscarriage on the other hand a procured abortion is where it is in ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Teenage Drug Abuse
8th, 10th, and 12th graders found that 10.5 percent of 12th graders reported using Vicodin for non-medical reasons and 4.5 percent of 12th graders reported using OxyContin without a prescription. (Vo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Legalization of Marijuana For Medical Use
Legalization of Marijuana For Medical UseAs with many issues, the legalization of marijuana for medical use is very complex. Thele ... islators in states like California and Arizona to keep marijuana illegal to the public but legal formedical use. However, the federal government is trying to prosecute patients who smoke pot. Resentar ... between the state and the government.The article is about two women that taken the issue regarding medical marijuana to the SupremeCourt to protect their access to the drug after federal agents confi ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Final Project: Comprehensive Argument Analysis
ostly credible because it is also what I believe in. I believe abortions are wrong unless it is for medical reasons or if that women was forced upon by another to get pregnant. Otherwise if it was by ... auma to the uterus".The author even explains why it is unnecessary by saying, "There is no credible medical evidence that partial-birth abortions are safe or are safer than other abortion procedures"4 ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
The Positive Impact of Legalizing Marijuana
proven again with marijuana. Some reasons why marijuana should be legal include there are numerous medical benefits, it creates a very harmful underground society, and prohibition costs very much mon ... olved, which is the money spent on trying to prevent the use of drugs and prosecute drug offenders. Medical reasons should also be accounted for which include the need for medical marijuana for patien ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Should Abortions Be Legal ?
be Legal?This essay will show a distinction between abortion for convenience sake, and abortion for medical reasons, as well as abortion in the cases of rape/incest. People will view both sides of the ... I could than say I would be for that girl having an abortion. Or maybe a woman has a life threaten medical condition. The one thing I am against 100% is an abortion for convenience sake. I do not bel ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine