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Andrea T. McMahon
Professor Elliott
English 111A
11 November, 2014
Annotated Bibliography : What percent of Americans use Medical Marijuana?

"THE MYTH OF "MEDICAL Marijuana"." Scholastic Scope Apr 02 2012: 22-3. ProQuest.
Web. 14 Nov. 2014 .
This heavily biased scientific medical article that was has appeared in Scholastic Scope
for the purpose of informing people about the chemicals in Marijuana and why its not a drug.
The article explains the chemicals that are in Marijuana and why Marijuana cannot be used as a
medical drug. It explains thoroughly how the chemicals affect the body, but it ignores the
possible benefits of using it to treat an individual. Though the article provides facts about the
chemicals in Marijuana it does not provide the benefits of Marijuana and it focuses on the
negative aspect of Marijuana. This article is useful to get basic information about Marijuana, but
lacks the other side of the argument. I would use this article to provide basic information when
describing Marijuana in a paper.

Greydanus, Donald E., Elizabeth K. Hawver, Megan M. Greydanus, and Joav Merrick. "Medical
Marijuana Arguments." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of
Medicine, 10 Oct. 2013. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
This scientific article that appeared in the National Center for Biotechnology Information
to inform people of the myths and arguments behind the consumption of Marijuana; this article
contains no biases. This article explains the chemicals of Marijuana and the effects on the body,

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it also tells about the arguments of Marijuana both good and bad, it also provides examples and
references for other articles on the sides of the argument. This articles biggest strength is the
amount of information that can be gathered both from the article itself but also looking at the
references and researching those, this article is excellent for my paper.

Levin, Kenneth H., Marc L. Copersino, and David A. Gorelick. "Cannabis Withdrawal
Symptoms in Non-Treatment-Seeking Adult Cannabis Smokers." Http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.
U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
This scientific factual article that appeared on the U.S National Library of Medicine
website to show the studies of withdrawal symptoms in chronic smokers. The article states the
research and the results of the study, which is that there was no symptoms in the chronic smokers
when they were denied Marijuana. This article best strength is providing facts about the study
without bias, and this article would be excellent in my research for my paper.

"Number of Legal Medical Marijuana Patients - Medical Marijuana - ProCon.org." ProConorg

Headlines. N.p., 13 Nov. 2014. Web. 15 Nov. 2014.
This factual article that provides statistics of the whole united states on the percent of
Medical Marijuana users was published to show the national average for anyone to see. It shows
the percent of american users in each state along with the conditions of other states for not
supporting it, or not providing numbers. This article is the most useful in my essay for providing
the numbers I need as references, the strength of this article is there is no bias.

John. "Cannabis and Epilepsy by John." Cannabis and Epilepsy by John. N.p., n.d. Web. 16
Nov. 2014.

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This is a spoken expericencse recording that appeared on rxMarijuana.com website to
inform people of his experience with medical Marijuana and epilepsy. This recording reviews his
experience using medical Marijuana and his path to finding out about it and how it may help
him. This recording provides personal experience which will help with my essay, the article
contains no bias and is pearly someone's experience

"Legalizing Marijuana." CQ Researcher 25 Mar. 2014. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.

This informational article that appeared in CQ Researcher was made to inform
individuals on the process needed to legalize Marijuana and the current status of use. The article
talks about the benefits of using medical Marijuana and provides examples of positive cases of
its use. It also shows the statistics of the rate of increase of tax income within the states that have
legalized medical Marijuana. This article provides great information for my essay and shows no
bias on the facts.

"Cannabis and Ehler Danlos Syndrome by A Canadian Cannabis Consumer." Cannabis and
Ehler Danlos Syndrome by A Canadian Cannabis Consumer. RxMarijuana.com, n.d. Web. 16
Nov. 2014.
This informal experience spoken recording appeared on the RxMarijuana.com website to
inform people of his/her personal experience with using medical Marijuana. This recording talks
about how Marijuana helped this person with their Ehler Danlos Syndrome and how other
medications havent helped as much as medical Marijuana has. This recording provides good
insight to the experience and struggles of the disease and the benefit of using medical Marijuana.
This article will be useful in the discussion part of my essay.

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Houser, Miles A. "Cannabis and Bipolar Disorder by Miles A. Houser." Cannabis and Bipolar
Disorder by Miles A. Houser. RxMarijuana.com, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
This informal experience spoken recording appeared on the RxMarijuana.com website to
inform people of his personal experience with using medical Marijuana. The spoken recording
talks about how he, Miles, struggled with bipolar disorder for many years and experienced great
things by using medical Marijuana and how that the psychotherapists would insist he not use it
despite all the good its done for him. This recording strength is the insight to his personal
experience and will be sued in the discussion part of my essay.

Geesman, Jim. "Marijuana Use After Surgical and Chemotherapeutic Treatment of Glioblastoma
Multiforme by Jim Geesman." Marijuana Use After Surgical and Chemotherapeutic Treatment
of Glioblastoma Multiforme by Jim Geesman. RxMrijuana.com, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
This informal experience spoken recording appeared on the RxMarijuana.com website to
inform people of his personal experience with using medical Marijuana. He talks about how after
a very extensive surgery he used medical Marijuana because he couldnt use the muscle relaxers
he was prescribed due to an allergy, he says how he had an easier time healing compared to his
last surgery because of medical Marijuana. This recording strength is the insight to his personal
experience and will be sued in the discussion part of my essay.

"Depression By Anonymous." Depression By Anonymous. RxMarijuana.com, n.d. Web. 17 Nov.

2014.
This informal experience spoken recording appeared on the RxMarijuana.com website to
inform people of her personal experience with using medical Marijuana. The recording talks
about how medical Marijuana was the best thing for her during her depression and the other

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drugs she was taking barely helped or made it worse, she explains how she was able to do other
things while using Marijuana and was happier. This recordings strength is that she talks about
how the other drugs did little to no help and even made her feel worse and how the right dosage
of medical Marijuana made her feel happier and more able to do the things she loved. This
recording will be useful in the discussion part of my essay.