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Marijuana, Cannabis, Hemp, Weed Marijuana has a negative stigma attached by the government and public, but is actually a natural and effective medicine. The argument about medical marijuana is starting to spread across the county like wildfire, and the topic should be addressed and brought to the public’s attention. However, hemp has recently been rediscovered as a plant that has enormous environmental, medical, economic, and commercial potential. Marijuana has had lots of positive effects on our world today and will in the future. Medical marijuana is never acknowledged for its benefits and use of good in the world. Lots of people simply just write off marijuana as just a bad drug. Compared to modern pharmaceuticals cannabis is viewed as a radical medicine because it is natural and contains unique chemical compounds. Medical marijuana and marijuana have had a long lengthy history of repeated us in the United States. Many years ago hemp/marijuana was unjustly banned. Marijuana was illegal and the U.S government became very strict with the cannabis laws. This began around the 80’s and then started to become increasingly worse. Then around the late 90’s and early 2000’s, scientific studies started to produce jaw-dropping results. Scientist started to discover that marijuana can significantly help people that have become ill. Medical marijuana has been tested to help people with cataracts, cancer, diabetes, severe anxiety and severe depression. Certain people that have cancer have to go through chemotherapy which can be extremely painful. So doctors prescribe medical marijuana for these people so it helps dull the pain. Hemp is the same plant as marijuana; its scientific name is "cannabis sativa." For thousands of years hemp was used to make dozens of commercial products like paper, rope, canvas, and textiles. In fact, the very name "canvas" comes from the Dutch word meaning cannabis, which is marijuana. The potential of hemp for paper production is enormous.