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For several centuries marijuana was utilized as an analgesic for pain relief. Up until the 1940’s marijuana was a legal substance and often used to alleviate a variety of ailments—much like the advocates of the use of medical marijuana are saying today. The federal government of the United States classifies marijuana as a high risk substance. Yet the proponents of medical marijuana state that it is rarely an addictive drug. In addition, there has never been a death by overdose on cannabis! One of the medical areas that have benefited the most has been with Alzheimer’s patients. This form of...

Marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known. No one has ever died from an overdose unlike Opiates and it has a wide variety of medical applications: Relief from nausea and increase of appetite Reduction of intarlobular eye pressure Reduction of muscle spasms Marijuana is frequently beneficial in the treatment of the following conditions: Tenosynovitis - the tender swelling of the rope or cord like structures (tendons) which connect muscles to the bones HIV/AIDS. Marijuana can reduce the nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite caused by the ailment itself and by various HIV/AIDS medications. Glaucoma. Marijuana can reduce...

The following four people have a variety of medical conditions that have not responded well to some of the more traditional medications. Three of these people have experienced benefits from marijuana, some smoking, some in pill form. The fourth person would be very eager to trade in her present pain medication for LEGAL marijuana, but she doesn’t live in a state where it’s available. Shelly “I have chronic pain and a rare genetic disease called Porphyria. . I am chronically ill and have been so since I was a child. When I lived in another state I did use it...

I am here to help with some input about Chemo I thought I would do a story about how I used the different strains in my chemo and radiation. The medical world pretty much gives you 3 treatment options to treat cancer 1. Radiation The first treatment you think will be a piece of cake. Then, later on, the toll on your body starts from all that radiation you just absorbed. The worst side effects were totally eliminated with good Indica, like Indica 50 or Master Kush. I would smoke half a doobie before treatment and finish the other half,...

Presently, there are eleven states who have voted to support the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Canada is legalizing it too under Quebec's Justin Trudeau. He's the new Prime Minister of Canada. In Canada their Prime Minister would be in the United States, the President. The states that voted are: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, California, Rhode Island, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. Arizona has a similar law but without a means of distribution. Ten additional states, plus the District of Columbia have laws that support the use of medical marijuana yet do not provide legal protection to patients....