Marijuana used as Medicine
MARIJUANA USED AS MEDICINE IS OLD NEWS !!
The Herbel of Chinese Emperor Shen prescribed Marijuana as medicine in 2737 B.C.
Queen Victoria was regularly treated with Marijuana by her physician for several illnesses.
Between 1840 and 1900, more than 100 papers were published in the western medical literature recommending Marijuana for various illnesses and discomforts.
Between 1960 and 1986, some of the most extensive medical testing and medical hearings ever done on a therapeutic drug were conducted by the U.S. government, U.S. state governments, other world governments, universities, public and private hospitals, and various medical institutions and doctors.
WHAT DOCTORS SAY ABOUT MARIJUANA EFFECTIVENESS
The Journal of Clinical Oncology reported in 1989 that 48% of respondents to a survey of cancer specialists recommended Marijuana as medicine. Jocelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States, said that she backed the medical use of Marijuana, and "Marijuana is beneficial to many patients".
Dr. James Malone-Lee, a consultant urologist at St. Pancras Hospital, London, has several MS patients who smoke Marijuana. "I'm quite impressed by what's happened to patients who have used it", he says.
"Marijuana is one of the least toxic substances in the whole pharmacopoeia", according to Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Nabilone (from Eli Lilly) a synthetic cousin of Delta-9 THC is still considered virtually useless when compared with Marijuana by doctors and patients alike.
The U.S. governments' leading scientists on pulmonary research, said in 1989 at UCLA "that you can't get or potentiate emphysema with Marijuana smoking".
Cannabis has been reported to do the following:
Relieve migraine headaches
Stop the advancement of glaucoma
Control spasticity from multiple sclerosis (MS) and paralysis
Alleviate nausea and pain associated with cancer chemotherapy treatments. Also helps in other cases of severe nausea
Block epileptic seizures
Help emphysema patients breathe better, increasing their oxygen transfer
Help in the treatment of smog-related illnesses
Relieve the pain of arthritis and rheumatism and help other chronic pain diseases
Help in anorexia nervosa and other loss of appetite diseases
Work as a back spasm medicine. Marijuana is the best relaxant of muscles short of morphine
Relieve asthma attacks and improves breathing
Help people with AIDS relieve stress and depression, reduce pain, eliminate nausea, stimulate appetite
Help skin diseases, like pruritis
Help depression and other mood disorders and can be an adjunct to psychotherapy
Help overcome insomnia, deepen sleep
Help paraplegia and quadriplegia patients
Help alleviate the symptoms of withdrawal from alcohol and narcotics
Have antimicrobal and antibacterial effects
Cure fistulas, corns, and fibrosis when used in a poultice
