Humanity’s Medicine Chest
Marijuana Medicine, or
cannabis, as it is more appropriately called, has been part of humanity's
medicine chest for almost as long as history has been recorded. Written
references to the use marijuana as a medicine date back nearly 5,000 years. Of
all the negative consequences of marijuana prohibition, none is as tragic as
the denial of medicinal cannabis to the tens of thousands of patients who could
benefit from its therapeutic use. Modern
research suggests that cannabis is a valuable aid in the treatment of a wide
range of clinical applications. These include pain relief -- particularly of
neuropathic pain (pain from nerve damage) -- nausea, spasticity, glaucoma, and
movement disorders. Marijuana is also a powerful appetite stimulant,
specifically for patients suffering from HIV, the AIDS wasting syndrome, or
dementia. Emerging research suggests that marijuana's medicinal properties may
protect the body against some types of malignant tumors and are
neuroprotective. The American Public
Health Association, Health Canada and the Federation of American
Scientists all support granting patients
immediate legal access to medicinal marijuana under a physician's
supervision. Several others, including
the American Cancer Society and the American Medical Association support the
facilitation of wide-scale, clinical research trials so that physicians may
better assess cannabis' medical potential. In addition, a 1991 Harvard study
found that 44 percent of oncologists had previously advised marijuana therapy
to their patients.
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If I have a pain or problem I go to the herb store explain my need and they suggest something. Natural cures work for me maybe because I am Native American we have been using them since before our country was taken from us. If this War on Us would end I could tell them I had depression and insomnia and they could recommend the best medicine I have found for what ails me lets call it CurallX. Weed helps many it also lifts your spirits tell me what is wrong with that??????? Demand CurallX be make legal it is my medicine of choice the only problem I could go to jail and have my house sold at auction to help pay for the War on US...
People that have the money and insurance to go to a doctor can get much stronger and more addictive drugs that kill thousands yearly. They are all legal but kill thousands every year. They are so called legal drugs and millions take them. Countries that care about there people have stopped methadone treatment for heroin addiction because it is stronger and more addictive. So they using wisdom and good sense give the heroin because it is less bad for you than the methadone. Whay does our country keep giving the high priced methadone? Because a major phamacutical company makes a lot of money from it. They do not care that it is worse for you or harder to get away from. Typical of our leaders follow the money is all you need to do to see!! MJ deaths to date looking back to the beginning of recorded history 00.0.........
If the rich had a medical need for Cannabis it would be legal as is oxycontin, percocet and many other LEGAL drugs taken by the elite, But of course that's different isn't it? NOT