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In a few years or more cannabis will replace opioids as the new analgesic drug Cannabis and opioids are both known for their analgesic pain relieving effects Though unlike opioids cannabis is classified by the FDA as a schedule 1 drug This makes the medicinal effects of cannabis more difficult for scientists to study any potential medical uses since human medical trials require permissions from federal agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services the FDA and when it comes to illegal substances the DEA However opioids are highly addictive Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that During 1999 2008 overdose death rates sales and substance abuse treatment admissions related to OPR all increased substantially Paulozzi L J et al 2011 p 1487 From this report opioids can be categorized as a double edged drug Double edged are drugs that has or can have both positive and negative effects Medical marijuana should be federally legalized in the United States because of its medicinal effects and ability to replace double edged drugs yet would be detrimental to society s youth because of its addictive and mind altering properties Cannabinoids are chemicals related to delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol widely known as THC THC is marijuana s main mind altering ingredient
