What medical benefits does pot provide?

[demtenjeep]

I know it helps cancer patients by soothing the stomach. What other uses does it provide?

[applegrove]

1. stops you from getting ill which is why it is so dangerous to use if you are drinking I hear.

[scarletwoman]

4. You're not serious, I hope. Where the hell did you hear such nonsense?

[applegrove]

10. It was on the Tv. I don't remember much else.

[scarletwoman]

19. TV, okay. The same kind of TV that promotes keeping pot criminalized, no doubt.

Actually, pot smoking tends to reduce drinking for some people. And my observations from 42 years as a pot smoker is that people who have gotten high on pot are QUICKER to get sick (like barfing) if they then over-indulge in alcohol.

If a person wants to enjoy their pot buzz, they're not going to mess it up by getting drunk.

[madrchsod]

2. great for menopause

[Fumesucker]

3. It has an analgesic effect..

And it has an anti-nausea effect as well.

[FirstLight]

5. Pain relief

Arthritis, fibromyalgia, most amorphorous joint issues stemming from our chronically polluted food & water...

[Nikki Stone1]

6. Cancer, AIDS, Glaucoma, Migraines, Insomnia

There's a bunch. With glaucoma, they found out that smoking marijuana reduces eye pressure. With cancer and AIDS they found that marijuana kept nausea under control and restored appetite, so that cancer and AIDS patients could eat. I have heard that some people use it for migraines and insomnia. I'm not sure how effective it is for that.

[Gman2]

7. Congestive Heart Failure, dries the lungs.

[scarletwoman]

8. It's an effective treatment for glaucoma, it reduces the pressure that causes it.

I'm sure if you google "marijuana glaucoma" you'll find lots of information.

[kestrel91316]

9. Chronic back pain. That's what I want to try it for. I have had back pain for

years, and of late some episodic tingling. I won't let a neurosurgeon NEAR my back at this point - only as a last resort.

[madrchsod]

11. heatstroke

[Betsy Ross]

12. Major Depression.

For some suffers, MJ can provide some relief. Sativa can get me out of bed when all the pharmaceuticals can't.

[mike_c]

13. I use it for relaxation and general psychological well being....

I know, that's just anecdotal, but I'd challenge anyone to smoke good pot daily for six weeks and then tell me that it isn't an important component of their mental health. Stress relief goes a LONG way toward making us healthy.

[Cleita]

14. Improves ability to eat if you are on chemotherapy or suffering from

renal failure. It subdues nausea and improves appetite. It's a big help for cancer patients.

[RainDog]

15. migraines

it stops the nausea before you can vomit because it's so quick-acting.

it stops the pain with its analgesic actions.

some people who get migraines suffer from a "migraine hangover" and mj stops that from happening because you can avoid the nausea and pain and get back to what you were doing much faster.

[RainDog]

16. MS tremors and spasticity

there is no cure for MS.

[RainDog]

17. Cerebral Palsy

you MUST watch this video of a woman with cp and the beneficial effects of mmj for her condition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAL28jOxRJI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLpJMacS8c8

[RainDog]

18. Trauma of PTSD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLpJMacS8c8

as the guy in this part notes, he watched his father blow his mother's head off. the mmj helps him to block the traumatic memories so that he can sleep.

[RainDog]

20. first medical mj patient

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK81OXk7S4s

for glaucoma. mmj made it possible for him to maintain his eyesight until his death.

as the guy says, prohibition has become a religious argument, not a look at the thing itself. the prohibition has become the reason for prohibition.

there is no common sense in this, beyond people wanting to save face b/c they are on the bad side of a law and it's more politically expedient to keep it that way rather than to admit the truth.

[nebenaube]

21. heh...

helps balance the endocrine system and keeps some from flipping out when they screw up on the dose or fail to absorb their thyroid replacement hormone.

[FreeState]

22. Stress n/t

[peopleb4money]

23. hmm, theres a large list

There's evidence that canibidol, a cannabinoid of pot, can shrink tummors when in a high enough concentration. It relieves ocular pressure in glaucoma sufferers. Its a better treatment for insomnia than most prescribed medications, because it actually helps you sleep as opposed to just being knocked unconscious. It doesn't carry the side effect of causing people to walk around in a dangerous, half conscious, zombified state as some users of Ambien have reported.

Its incredibly non-toxic. It would be a great remedy for various forms of depression. They often say that short term memmory loss is a side effect, but at least with pot, you'll always remember the basic outline of events, unlike Xanax, where people forget where they are. You also can't OD on it, which is great for suicidal people.

Its a medicine that some have said could potentially replace half the pharmaceuticals on the markets and save patients money because they can just cultivate it in their backyward

Its been shown that life long, non-tobacco smoking, pot smokers, carry no more risk of lung cancer than non-tobacco smoking, non-pot smokers.

As for the recreational end of it, if everyone who wanted to get intoxicated for funs witched from alcohol to pot, domestic abuse would go down. Plus, you wouldn't have people dying of alcohol poisoning or pot posioning, because the latter is non-existent.

Its a medicinal plant that's been thousands of years, and it would be wonderful to end the oppression toward the use of such a useful asset to humanity.

It would also make for a healthy food staple, because hemp seed contains many of the nutrients the body needs and has a perfect omega 3 to Omega 6 fatty acid ratio.

[peopleb4money]

24. Check out this Scientific American article on how cannabis can possibly fight cancer itself

Marijuana Extract Fights Brain Cancer in Mice

<http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=marijuana-extract-fights&ref=sciam>

If in enough concentration, its been found that canibidol, can fight cancer.. I made mention of this in the last post, but I think this is incredibly significant, and I think everyone should know

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjhT9282-Tw>

This is a documentary about a man from Canada, Rick Simpson, who went to jail for using a concentrate made from the plant. He, and many others in his community, claimed it helped treat their own cancer or completely cure it. The jury is still out, many dismiss the man, but if I'm following what they're finding out about canibidol, people might be able to treat their own cancer if they concentrate the cannabis like he did. It would be nice if the government would lift the ban to do more research. It really would. The US policy on marijuana is nothing short of sadistic.

[opihimoimoi]

25. other bennies include: Composing; music, poetry, writing, sculpturing, etc Free Thinking also.

[Occulus]

26. Oh Christ, I know firsthand about composing while high

I've written some pretty... interesting stuff (for an amateur composer) while stoned out of my gourd. For example (written years ago), this clip from my "Fantasy on the Old West", a ballet in one selfless act for two pianos (scored here for space as one staff):




The tempo is marked "Driving!" at a stately 296 BPM (eighth gets the beat). Yes. It's in 7/8 time, spattered with a 2/4 and 4/4 bar here and there. It's insane. Trust me. It sounds good during playback on my computer, but it's just... unplayable for a real human being.

The red line of text at the ffff "Orgasmic!!" marking reads "This seven-octave D is to be played on as many concert grand pianos as possible." The line marked "Robust and full!" is the overall theme of the overture, of which the images above are a part. The piece is intended to be a spaghetti western ballet, complete with a fair lass tied to the tracks, a mustache-twirling black-hatted villain, and a hero cowboy on a white horse.

Silliness, beginning to end, but it was fun to write.

[opihimoimoi]

27. love the Massive cresendo///lol