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DreamSmoker

(841 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 03:01 PM Apr 2015

Truth in Media: Feds Says Cannabis Is Not Medicine While Holding The Patent on Cannabis as Medicine

For those who believe in marijuana and cannabis freedom, the future has never been brighter. Right now there is an awakening to the benefits

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Truth in Media: Feds Says Cannabis Is Not Medicine While Holding The Patent on Cannabis as Medicine (Original Post) DreamSmoker Apr 2015 OP
Tennessee Legislature Unanimously Passes Cannabis Oil Legalization Bill DreamSmoker Apr 2015 #1
Note the word "severe" in the fine print. tridim Apr 2015 #3
How to Make Rick Simpson's Medicinal Hemp Oil Safely DreamSmoker Apr 2015 #2
Thanks DreamSmoker, Phlem Apr 2015 #4
k & fucking r! n/t wildbilln864 Apr 2015 #5
Cannabis Has Been Used as Medicine panfluteman Apr 2015 #6

DreamSmoker

(841 posts)
1. Tennessee Legislature Unanimously Passes Cannabis Oil Legalization Bill
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 03:13 PM
Apr 2015

On Monday, a bill that would legalize the use of low-THC cannabis oil in the treatment of severe seizure disorders and epilepsy passed unanimously through both chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly. The bill’s Senate sponsor, State Senator Becky Massey (R-Knoxville) said, according to The Tennessean, “Today we have the power to make a real change. These people are suffering, this medication works and is safe.” The proposal is headed to Governor Haslam’s desk, where, if he chooses to sign it, it would become law.

http://benswann.com/tennessee-legislature-unanimously-passes-cannabis-oil-legalization-bill/

tridim

(45,358 posts)
3. Note the word "severe" in the fine print.
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 03:31 PM
Apr 2015

If you have standard epilepsy you are SOL. Who gets to decide who has severe symptoms? The Government?

These band-aid bills are so stupid, Cannabis doesn't care if your particular disorder is severe or mild, it acts as medicine regardless.

panfluteman

(2,065 posts)
6. Cannabis Has Been Used as Medicine
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 10:07 PM
Apr 2015

for many centuries, even millennia, before the United States was even a gleam in a colonist's eye. Queen Victoria used "Extractum Cannabinis", or an alcoholic extract of Cannabis, for her terrible menstrual cramps. Cannabis is a powerful antispasmodic, or herb to relieve cramps and spasms. It is also an appetite stimulant for anorexics and those undergoing chemotherapy, etc... It is also a vasodilator, which dilates peripheral blood vessels, and so may be useful in some cases of impaired circulation and high blood pressure. I also saw a video about juicing fresh pot plants in a blender and drinking the juice as a promising treatment for cancer.

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