It is said that marijuana is good for diabetes, cancer etc... so it's legal for people with cancer can we make it legal for diabetics?
2007-01-14 19:09:39 · 9 answers · asked by me 4 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
There are many medical uses for marijuana, and it should be up to doctors, not lawmakers to decide if it will benefit a patient.
2007-01-16 10:05:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-14 07:58:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a diabetic who was diagnosed over ten yrs. ago and suffer no abnormal pains thank God. What pains r u talking about? I get hypoglycemic if I don't have enough sugar in my blood system and I know diabetics that have had seizures from insulin deficiencies but never have I associated any real pain for diabetes except for those patients which have lost a recent limb but r soon over those pains. R u just looking for an excuse to smoke pot and get high on the government? Ur question sounds a little peculiar. Cancer patients on the other hand go through a hell of a lot more pain than diabetics and the disease is a whole other animal with chemotherapy and all, I'm talking from experience in recession and not using the crutch of pain to use free pot. I never was an avid pot smoker although I experimented many times with it and I'm not looking forward to get hooked on it legally.
2007-01-14 19:31:10 · answer #3 · answered by papabeartex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The government still says mairjuana is not legal for cancer patients. I think it may be a case of we say it is not legal; but we will only make it an issue if and when we want. The doctors who do prescribe it can get in trouble, at least in most states in the United States. Also the prescription form is a pill Marinol.
Here are some things that are good for diabetics; but you must keep your sugar level monitored
Diabetes (Keep monitored!)
(Balance)
Chomium picolinate
Vanadium
Magnesium
V 8 juice
Cinnamon
Raisins
Cayenne pepper
Prickly pear
(Reduce fasting blood sugar)
Fenugreek
Milk thistle
Gymnema
Ginseng
Acetyl L-carintine (ALC) (for diabetic neuropathy)
2007-01-15 02:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by sapphire_630 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a medication (legal) that is made out of Marijuana that contains the helpful properties that you might want to ask your physician about. I'm not all the great with modern meds since most are toxic for the body, but it is made out of a natural substance.
2007-01-18 01:36:47 · answer #5 · answered by kyishiafrazier 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because marijuana is a controled narcotic.
I know that Marrijuana is good for people with glaucoma, AIDS, Cancer. etc. but I have not read one scintilla of proof that marijuana would be good for diabetics.
Reasoning tells me that Marijuana would be terrible for diabetics. Weed gives people the munchies for foods the diabetics cannot eat
2007-01-14 23:43:54 · answer #6 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The benefit that marijuana has for cancer patients is that it increases their appetite after it has been decreased by chemotherapy.
In reality, they could use other, legal drugs to achieve this same effect. That's one of the reasons why "medical marijuana" has NOT been approved by the U.S. federal government.
2007-01-14 19:22:46 · answer #7 · answered by Iris 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What makes pot good for diabetics?
2007-01-14 19:13:17 · answer #8 · answered by Karen M 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
they should just legalize it for everyone of legal age, like beer and cigarettes are.
2007-01-18 13:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by QueenA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋