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The legalization of marijuana has been an issue of controversy since the passing of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which banned marijuana use in the United States. The law was passed in an attempt to curb recreational use of the drug, and it made cannabis so difficult to get, the drug was eventually removed from pharmaceutical references. In 1970 marijuana was officially classified as a Schedule 1 narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act. A Schedule 1 narcotic is considered highly addictive, with no medicinal value and cannot be prescribed by a physician. During the 1970s, the medical benefits of marijuana were rediscovered when, in the early ‘70s, some young cancer patients receiving chemotherapy found that smoking marijuana relieved the nausea and vomiting associated with the cancer treatment. In 1971, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws entered a petition to reclassify marijuana to a Schedule II narcotic, which would allow physicians to prescribe it for their patients. It was another futile attempt at getting the US government to recognize the medicinal benefits of marijuana. Marijuana is used as a medicine in different ways such as AIDS, Glaucoma, Sclerosis, Epilepsy, and Cancer just to na