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The Obama Effect

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 | Author: admin

-Eric Holder, the attorney general under president obama, confirmed at a press conference that he would no longer subject individuals who were complying with state medical marijuana laws to federal drug raids and prosecutions; this potentially leads to the same endpoint as the twenty first amendment, which repealed the federal prohibition of alcohol, which included  selling and distributing.

-If your anti-medical marijuana and feel it damages the body and mind, let me just say a couple of quick, important facts. If you look at the medicinal page on this blog you will find a post describing the safety of cannabis; how cannabis does not have a known LD 50 (limit to death), or how it is physically impossible to overdose on. Unfortunately doctors prescribe dangerous pills that produce minor to severe side effects like suicidal thoughts, nausea, diarrhea, back pain and/ or skin flushing. You might say to yourself “well doctors usually prescribe these pills to people who really need them”. One of my good friends is prescribed to more than 5 pharmaceutical pills and everyday, at around 5pm, he is either nodding out or passed out on the sofa. If you have a friend or relative who has a similar problem, consult an outside physician (a doctor you never go to).

A Safer Alternative

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | Author: admin

NORML v. DEA 1988

“In  strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume… Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. by any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within a supervised routine of medical care.”

-Drug Enforcement Administration

Chief Administrative Law Judge Francis Young (DEA v. NORML 1988)

SAFETY OF CANNABIS

  • Cannabis is not an intoxicant (poison)
  • Cannabis has an exceptional safety ratio; there is no known LD 50 (limit to death)
  • If more than needed is consumed, the consumer will eventually fall asleep, unlike the typical ‘overdose’ that is associated with most drugs including alcohol, pharmaceutical pills, and other illicit drugs like heroin, cocaine, pcp etc. This is because when cannabis is consumed, it effects the frontal lobe (cerebral cortex) not the cerebellum; the part that control motor skills (moving, talking etc) and auto-motor skills (breathing, different organ functions etc)
  • Americans College of Physicians “strongly urges the legalization of cannabis for medical use.”
  • National Nurses Society on Addiction also strongly urges to “make it available for physicians to prescribe.”
  • there has been 17,000 recorded studies on cannabis and its medical property’s

THE MEDICAL PROPERTY’S OF CANNABIS

The known diseases cannabis treats

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Dystonia
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Gastrointestinal disorders
  • Gliomas
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Hypertension
  • Incontinence
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Pruritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Insomnia
  • Tourette’s syndrome
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • ADHD/ADD
  • Migraines

These are the most recently discovered disease’s and ailment’s that can be treated with cannabis. As more and more research is allowed, more and more information on this incredibly medicinal plant will be discovered.