Medicinal Marijuana: What People Do Not Want You to Know

The saying goes “There is no hope in dope” but is this true? (Ha I had to do it) We have come a long way in the medical field and one of the latest laws passed has been the use of medicinal marijuana to attack particular diseases that do not have a specific way through which one can fight it. (i.e other drugs) Drug usage almost always requires a prescription, and distribution is done within a framework defined by local and state laws. Perhaps the best point to make about the idea and concept of medicinal cannabis being a treatment is the opinion of the Supreme Court,which is that they do not have one and are allowing the states to choose what they believe is the best road. The Supreme Court does not want to place a precedent upon the idea of certain drugs being used in order to help and cope with pain, which for the most time, is rather serious. In the United States, fourteen states have been able to recognize medicinal marijuana. The scientific evidence keeps piling up in favor of medicinal cannabis, and many patients are seeing enormous improvement in their symptoms with this treatment. For example, medicinal cannabis has been used in patients with severe MS disorders and has allowed people with that terrible and deadly disease to regain a part of their life that they would have never been able to get back without marijuana. Here is a quick video to peak those senses and hopefully, you will notice the importance of taking action and writing to your respective delegates in order to change our country's wrong perspective on marijuana.



Studies have shown that medical marijuana can aid in reducing symptoms of terminal illnesses such as AIDS and cancer, by helping reduce pain and nausea from treatment and increasing appetite. Some doctors and researchers also believe that cannabis can help anxiety, glaucoma, depression, arthritis, convulsion and inflammation. Each new study that comes out finds new possible ways medicinal cannabis can help those who need it. Just read this:

"In 2006, Donald Tashkin, M.D., of the University of California in Los Angeles, presented the results of his study, Marijuana Use and Lung Cancer: Results of a Case-Control Study. Tashkin found that smoking marijuana does not appear to increase the risk of lung cancer or head-and-neck malignancies, even among heavy users. The more tobacco a person smoked, the greater their risk of developing lung cancer and other cancers of the head and neck. But people who smoked more marijuana were not at increased risk compared with people who smoked less and people who didn’t smoke at all. Marijuana use was associated with cancer risk ratios below 1.0, indicating that a history of pot smoking had no effect on the risk for respiratory cancers. In contrast, tobacco smoking had a 21-fold risk for cancer. Tashkin concluded, "It's possible that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana smoke may encourage apoptosis, or programmed cell death, causing cells to die off before they have a chance to undergo malignant transformation".

To me, that is truly astonishing. An individual can inhale smoke from marijuana plants, yet it does not cause more respiratory risk factors, it actually helps in reducing them. Finally, the American Medical Association, the largest group of physicians in the country, has been supporting the use of marijuana for medical purposes. And who are we to tell the largest group of doctors that they are wrong?