Medical Marijuana: The All-Purpose Soft Treatment    by Sofia Everts

in Health / Alternative Medicine    (submitted 2012-02-13)

These days, the concept of medical marijuana is a very popular topic of conversation in the fields of science, medicine, and politics. Though the controversy and discussion will continue unabated for years, there are already many studies that have shown a great amount of efficacy for the plant. Despite the steadily growing number of positive studies that show this plant's ability to help people, there will always remain some people who just outright object to its use at all.

You may be more familiar with marijuana under its other name, cannabis. Hemp plants are the natural source of marijuana.

The studies on medical cannabis have demonstrated a special effectiveness when dealing with symptoms such as vomiting, nausea, and premenstrual syndrome. People have also reported improvements in their lack of appetite, spasticity, or glaucoma after using medical marijuana. Crohn's disease, irritable bowl problems, and even ulcerative colitis all had less effect on a person after they used medical marijuana for regularly for a short period of time.

Every year the list of problems that have been bettered through the use of medical marijuana has been growing. A quick peek at recent literature reveals symptom reduction related to Alzheimer's disease, many forms of cancer, and ranging as far afield as chemical and opiate addictions, all benefiting from the use of medical cannabis marijuana.

In fact, research on ways to prevent and reduce the effects of Alzheimer's disease has come to notice that the chemical ingredient in marijuana (called THC), is quite effective as preventing deposits of chemicals that speed up the progression of the disease. Alzheimer's sufferers can take comfort in the fact that the THC in cannabis is an effective way to slow down the loss of memory that occurs in this disease.

Other studies on laboratory rats and medical marijuana have demonstrated strong effectiveness related to the treatment of lung cancer. The effectiveness of THC in the treatment of some rat tumors was up to a fifty percent reduction in tumor size. The laboratory rats were subjected to tumors of both the lung and brain, and in both instances there was significant improvement after the introduction of THC.

Due to medical cannabis, those who are stricken with HIV or AIDS have experienced great reduction in symptoms. Symptoms such as nausea and pain are typical for those who have the AIDS virus, and the drug has helped alleviate these symptoms. When the cannabis plant was taken, all these symptoms quickly reduced with minimal suffering.

Finally, those who suffer from an alcohol or opiate addiction can be helped in the withdrawal phase through the use of medical marijuana. Victims of anxiety attacks and bipolar disorder can be assisted with medical marijuana. With all the evidence stacked in its favor, you can clearly see the benefits that can be wrought from the use of medical marijuana.

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