Many opponents believe that various legal drugs make medical marijuana use unnecessary, but various strains of marijuana should be tested for medical purposes because many patients have medical problems with no known treatment that could If medical marijuana provides relief, it could be used as a natural alternative to chemically enhanced or harmful treatments, and it could lead to the discovery of uses of marijuana for reasons outside of medicine. One of the reasons marijuana should be tested for medical purposes is that there are many patients whose diagnosis is intractable or difficult to treat and manage. WeedMaps, a community where medical marijuana patients connect with other patients to discuss their experiences with medical marijuana, published an article titled “Know Your Medicine.” This source is a table of different conditions and the corresponding cannabinoids. He explains that CBD, a non-hallucinatory cannabinoid found in marijuana, has the most beneficial medical effects such as relieving pain, killing bacteria growth, reducing nausea, reducing seizures, and more (1) . CBD is just one of 11 cannabinoids compared on this chart, but there are over 70 unique cannabinoids in marijuana alone. Each of these cannabinoids binds to certain receptors and is specific to certain medical uses (1). There are many diseases diagnosed as incurable and with many of the symptoms shown in this table. Since these cannabinoids alone are already proven to relieve many symptoms, more research should be done to understand how to adapt each cannabinoid to make them ideal for treating the symptoms of incurable diseases. "The Debate Over Medical Marijuana", an article by an American company called WebMD that provides health information...... middle of article ...... about medicinal marijuana, researchers should test every incurable disease with this natural, controllable remedy, rather than alternative diets and treatments that may have adverse effects on the body. Works Cited “Cannabis Testing”. CanLabs. CannLabs, and Web. April 16, 2014. “The Medical Marijuana Debate.” » WebMD. WebMD and Web. April 13, 2014. “Farm Bill Contains Marijuana Provisions. » Norwalk reflector. Norwalk Reflector, February 10, 2014. Web. April 16, 2014. “Know your medicine.” » Weed Maps. WeedMaps, and Web. April 16, 2014. McDermott, Mat. "Perfect Plant? 7 Great Uses for Industrial Hemp." TreeHugger. TreeHugger, and Web. April 29, 2014. “Top Ten Reasons Marijuana Should Be Legal.” »Alternet. Np, August 31, 2007. Web. April 15, 2014. Young, Saundra. “Marijuana stops severe seizures in children. » CNN. Cable News Network, January 1, 1970. Web April 13.. 2014.