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    Imagine owning a resource that can relieve ones trouble. This resource can provide help to individuals who need it and much more. Although this resource can provide a solution for many problems, the state continues to prohibit one from using it. Medical marijuana establishes itself as the neglected resource. Medical marijuana continually proves itself as a necessary alternative to the drugs supplied by pharmaceutical companies. Why let someone constantly suffer? Why should citizens endanger…

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    doesn’t approve marijuana as medicine as well. This article has really helped me understand the chemical properties of marijuana, especially the properties of cannabinoids. According to the article “Cannabinoids are chemicals related to delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol(THC), marijuana’s main mind-altering ingredient….Currently, the two main cannabinoids from the marijuana plant that are of medical interest are THC and CBD” (“Is Marijuana Medicine?”). This sort of precise information allowed me to…

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    heard or seen of terms in originals lately have one of the rise increasing number of news items on the healthy benefits of cannabis oil for sale conducted in various medical marijuana states, and the various blends nature of cannabinoids Included in these products. Cannabinoids seem to effect in harmony with your body's own endocannabinoid system healing and balance. Or maybe just simply learn more about some of these means being,: Talked about how CBD & what this actually means for the patient…

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    research on marijuana and sleep helps explain why. Besides Positives and Negatives of Cannabis Usage 10 easing insomnia, marijuana seems to have a wide range of effects on sleep. This is because chemicals in marijuana, known as Cannabinoids, actually mimic the activity of chemicals found naturally in the brain (MRD, 2010). These chemicals and their biological pathways make up the body’s endocannabinoids system, which is responsible for regulating sleep, among other…

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    Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana is valuable for people who are struggling with chronic diseases. Medical marijuana helps patients going through the process of getting rid of cancer or chronic disease, gives therapeutic relief, and has many health benefits. Medical marijuana is an effective option for treating serious chronic diseases. According to Mayo Clinic, if a patient meets certain requirements and has a qualifying condition, such as: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Anorexia due to…

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    you will learn about the benefits and uses of marijuana for medical purposes. Seizures Marijuana has been used to control and reduce the frequency of seizures. The substance has been found to be effective in getting rid of spontaneous seizures. Cannabinoid compounds in marijuana provide an anticonvulsant effect. This effectively lessens the occurrence of seizures in individuals. Studies have reported that individuals who take a measured amount of the cannabis plant report a reduction in the…

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    (CBD) are the most extensively studied; they were able to pinpoint areas in the brain where it acts and make out how this occurs. This system is known as the endocannabinoid system. It a system with receptors of different signalling mechanisms; cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1) which is distributed throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems and organs, as…

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    There is a large epidemic at hand within America, that is the self-medicating epidemic. This means that there are citizens that choose to use illegal substances to treat an illness or an injury instead of using medications that are prescribed to them by doctors. There are many factors that go into their choice to do so, those being history with said medicines, side effects encountered, and the cost of the medicines versus that of the drug. Also there are studies that show some illegal drugs have…

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    and Human Services filed a patent (US Patent #6,630,507) for cannabinoids that was awarded in 2003 for “cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants.” This totally contradiction of the United States Government’s own definition for the classification of a Schedule 1 substance having no medicinal benefits. The US also contradicts itself because “the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has approved synthetic versions of the cannabinoid Δ9-THC in the form of Dronabinol (Marinol®) and…

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    relieve the pain of their problems. Some of these include glaucoma, Crohn's Disease, cancer, muscle spasms, and more. (WebMD.com) Glaucoma is a leading cause to blindness. (ncbi.gov). Those with glaucoma, use the medical marijuana because the cannabinoids or CBS lowers the intraocular pressure or IOP level which could end up treating glaucoma. In other words, the medical marijuana can lower the levels of fluids in your eye…

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