We, the people of the great state of Virginia demand that the Delegates and Senators of the Virginia General Assembly create and pass a bill that will allow medical cannabis to be given to patients who qualify for its use.

• Twenty-Three states plus Washington D.C. have already legalized medical cannabis with little to no negative effects to their economy.
• Studies show crime rates drop after medical cannabis becomes available for patients.
• Polling and studies show that the majority of Virginians would like medical cannabis to become legal.
• The effects of medical cannabis use are self evident whether it be helping a war veterans depression or simply helping a person who is going through chemotherapy eat due to the lack of appetite. 
• Certain studies show that medical marijuana use can actually discourage harder drug use such as heroin or alcohol and can actually be used to help treat a persons drug habit.
• Virginians should have access to alternative medicines that will not cause addiction or death yet have the similar effects of pain management drugs.
• Virginians have the right to a medicine that have little to no adverse effects, in order to help them deal with Severe Depression, Anxiety, Pain, PTSD, Anorexia,  and even the adverse effects of cancer treatment.
• The tax on the medicine could fund state and local projects such as giving a influx of money to schools to help with their budget, help people who have severe addictions to become non-dependent on those substances, repair roads across the state, or even help the funding and building of parks.
• The cannabis can help patients who are allergic to their medications seek  alternate treatments for their illnesses.
• One of the most deadly drugs a person can become addicted to or overdose on are prescription opioid based drugs, which overdoses have continued to increased over the last few years in Virginia.

Medical Cannabis should be a right to the citizens of Virginia who are suffering with illnesses and should not be a outlawed substance.