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Across 2. Under state law,___ states and Washington, D.C. currently provide legal protection for seriously ill patients whose doctors recommend the medical use of marijuana. 3. A cost-benefit analysis of the situation indicates that the country could save roughly $42___ a year by legally regulating and taxing the marijuana industry. 6. Marijuana is America's largest__-___. 8. Studies show that many patients suffering with HIV/AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and chemotherapy, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and other debilitating illnesses find that marijuana provides ___ from their symptoms. 10. a 2006 study by a leading pulmonologist, Dr. Donald Tashkin, found that even regular and heavy smoking of marijuana does not lead to.. 11. Drugs such as cocaine and heroin can legally be prescribed by doctors whereas ____ marijuana is still criminalized in most states. 12. Under a regulated system, licensed merchants have an incentive to check ID and avoid selling to__. 13. 99% of all marijuana arrests are at the ____ level.

Down 1. A 2005 Gallup poll found that___% of Americans support "making marijuana legally available for doctors to prescribe in order to reduce pain and suffering. 4. In a White House-commissioned 1999 report, the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine declared that "nausea, appetite loss, pain, and anxiety are all afflictions of wasting and all can be mitigated by.. 5. three letter word for marijuana 7. In the 11 medical marijuana states that have before-and-after data, studies have unanimously shown that youth use of marijuana has____since medical marijuana became legal. 9. Because vigorous enforcement of the marijuana laws forces the toughest, most dangerous ____ to take over marijuana trafficking, prohibition links marijuana sales to violence, predatory crime,