What are some benefits of medical Cannabis?

Answer 1

Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes for over 4,800 years. Surviving texts from China, Greece and Persia confirm that its psychoactive properties were recognized, and the ancient doctors used it for a variety of illnesses and ailments. These included a whole host of gastrointestinal disorders, insomnia, headaches and as a pain reliever, frequently used in childbirth. In India, cannabis can be definitely identified in such contexts only from about AD 1000.

Cannabis as a medicine was common throughout most of the world in the 1800s. It was used as the primary pain reliever until the invention of aspirin[citation needed]. Modern medical and scientific inquiry began with doctors like O'Shaughnessy and Moreau de Tours, who used it to treat melancholia, migraines, and as a sleeping aid, analgesic and anticonvulsant.

By the time the United States banned cannabis (the third country to do so) with the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act, the plant was no longer extremely popular. The only opponent to the bill was the representative of the American Medical Association[citation needed].

Later in the century, researchers investigating methods of detecting marijuana intoxication discovered that smoking the drug reduced intraocular pressure. High intraocular pressure causes blindness in glaucoma patients, so many believed that using the drug could prevent blindness in patients. Many Vietnam War veterans also believed that the drug prevented muscle spasms caused by battle-induced spinal injuries. Later medical use has focused primarily on its role in preventing the wasting syndromes and chronic loss of appetite associated with chemotherapy and AIDS, along with a variety of rare muscular and skeletal disorders. Less commonly, cannabis has been used in the treatment of alcoholism and addiction to other drugs such as heroin and the prevention of migraines. In recent years, studies have shown or researchers have speculated that the main chemical in the drug, thc, might help prevent atherosclerosis.

In 1972 Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D. reignited the debate concerning marijuana as medicine when he published "Marijuana Medical Papers 1839-1972".

Later in the 1970s, a synthetic version of THC, the primary active ingredient in cannabis, was synthesized to make the drug Marinol. Users reported several problems with Marinol, however, that led many to abandon the pill and resume smoking the plant. Patients complained that the violent nausea associated with chemotherapy made swallowing pills difficult. The effects of smoked cannabis are felt almost immediately, and is therefore easily dosed; many patients only smoke enough to feel the medical effects — many complained that Marinol was more potent than they needed, and that the mental effects made normal daily functioning impossible. In addition, Marinol was far more expensive, costing upwards of several thousand dollars a year for the same effect as smoking a plant easily grown throughout most of the world. Many users felt Marinol was less effective, and that the mental effects were far more disastrous; some studies have indicated that other chemicals in the plant may have a synergistic effect with THC.

In addition, during the 1970s and 1980s, six US states' health departments performed studies on the use of medical marijuana. These are widely considered some of the most useful and pioneering studies on the subject.

In 2003, the American Academy of Ophthalmology released a position statement asserting that "no scientific evidence has been found that demonstrates increased benefits and/or diminished risks of marijuana use to treat glaucoma compared with the wide variety of pharmaceutical agents now available." [1]

Early studies on efficacy

New Mexico
Approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the study included 250 patients and compared smoked marijuana to oral THC. All participants were referred by a medical doctor and had failed to control vomiting using at least three alternative antiemetics. Patients chose smoking marijuana or taking the THC pill. Multiple objective and subjective standards were used to determing the effectiveness.

Conclusion: Marijuana is far superior to the best available drug, Compazine, and smoked marijuana is clearly superior to oral THC. "More than ninety percent of the patients who received marijuana... reported significant or total relief from nausea and vomiting". No major side effects were reported, though three patients reported adverse reactions that did not involve marijuana alone. The report can be read here

Tennessee
27 patients had failed on other antiemetic therapies, including oral THC.

Conclusion: 90.4% success for smoked marijuana; 66.7% for oral THC. "We found both marijuana smoking and THC capsules to be effective antiemetics. We found an approximate 23% higher success rate among those patients administered THC capsules. We found no significant differences in success rates by age group. We found that the major reason for smoking failure was smoking intolerance; while the major reason for THC capsule failure was nausea and vomiting so severe that the patient could not retain the capsule.

California
A series of studies throughout the 1980s involved 90–100 patients a year. The study was designed to make it easier for patients to enter the oral THC part of the study. Patients who wanted smoked marijuana had to be over 15 years old (oral THC patients had to be over 5) and use the drug only in the hospital and not at home. Smoked marijuana patients also had to receive rare and painful forms.

Answer 2

Yes. The most significant benefit is for nausea treatment. There is a wide range of illnesses that involve nausea. If a patient likes the marijuana and has no allergies to it, it should be allowed. It should be allowed as long as its use it doesn't create a disturbance. Marijuana is a plant that has over 1,000 strains. The active ingredient induces a mood which some call euphoric, but I would say cloudless is a better term. Another good description is "inner peace", which is very much like the Buddhist concept of inner peace. Another group that could benefit from marijuana are the elderly. They suffer profound loneliness in some cases, and the drug does give them their "will to live" back. Some strains of marijuana are so potent that they leave a user unable to say or do much. After the sensation, they become tired and slothful. In my opinion marijuana for dangerous detainees could be an idea. I'd like it to be researched. This method could make the police or a prison guard's job safer.

Answer 3

There are many anti inflammatory and analgesic properties of medical cannabis. the people around the world use the various strains of drug for pain and stress relieving purposes. some consume it on the medical prescription of their consulting physician and where cannabis derived hybrid drugs are allowed for sale and trade under their regional legislative framework and some are supposed to quash their addicting hunger for cannabis.
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Answer 4

I have alzheimer's disease and it helps me a lot! Thanks to guys from Silver Stem Denver, where I am from! They are always happy to see me.

Answer 5

I think it's still considered an alternative medication to help relieve glaucoma.

Answer 6

Medicinal marijuana can easily lower seizures because of epilepsy as well as Dravet’s syndrome. This has been shown by a few scientific studies.

Answer 7

Good for eye pressure people with glaucoma take it for that, good in brownies it relaxes you. No good if your in a bad mood makes your bad mood worse. enjoy hightens your mood

Answer 8

woo hoo u get to smoke it and buy it without getting in trouble. sounds like a good benefit to me.

Answer 9

anti-anxiety, anti-nausea, pain reducer, muscle relaxant, appetite stimulant and more

Answer 10

No more pain