Dying to Get High
Marijuana as Medicine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12209555 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Snelder (0000-0001-5638-0602, University Medical Center, corresponding author), S Snelders |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 430-431 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social History of Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-631X • E-ISSN: 1477-4666 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/shm/hkp038 |
| OpenAlex | W2082659649 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In August 1992 a helicopter, flying over the Santa Cruz area in California and funded by a state marijuana eradication grant, discovers five marijuana plants in the garden of Valerie and Michael Corral. The couple are arrested. Valerie claims that her use of the drug is a medical necessity: since a car accident almost 20 years before she uses with success the plant instead of pharmaceutical drugs to control her seizures. In the political and social climate of the American War on Drugs, the Corral's personal preference for a specific medication becomes politicized. Since 1976, a movement for the legalization of a medically approved, in contrast to a ‘recreational’, use of marijuana, has been growing in the USA. In 1996, this movement scores an important victory when in a referendum, California votes for legalization. This means that patients with doctor's permission can use marijuana in managing symptoms associated with their illness or treatment. In practice, this includes nausea and appetite loss in cancer and AIDS treatments, chronic pain, glaucoma and seizures related to multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy or epilepsy
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |