Sunday, December 1, 2013

The Top 5 reasons to Legalize Cannabis For Medical Use


1.           It is not humanly possible to overdose on marijuana.

              Nearly all medicines have toxic, potentially lethal effects. But marijuana is not such a substance. There is no record in the extensive medical literature describing a proven, documented cannabis-induced fatality.         

              This is a remarkable statement. First, the record on marijuana encompasses 5,000 years of human experience. Second, marijuana is now used daily by enormous numbers of people throughout the world. Estimates suggest that from twenty million to fifty million Americans routinely, albeit illegally, smoke marijuana without the benefit of direct medical supervision.
               Yet, despite this long history of use and the extraordinarily high numbers of social smokers, there are simply no credible medical reports to suggest that consuming marijuana has caused a single death.

Source:         http://www.ccguide.org/young88.php United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration In The Matter Of MARIJUANA RESCHEDULING PETITION Docket No. 86-22


2.            The national Cancer institute admits on their website that cannabis shrinks tumors and kills cancer cells in animal studies without harming healthy tissue.
  
                In March 2013, the NCI admitted that cannabis inhibits breast cancer. They also admit that it treats pain, insomnia, nausea, vomiting, and anxiety.

Source: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional/page4



3.              Cannabis use dose not cause or increase cognitive decline. After 12 years [of cannabis use], study participants' scores declined a mean of 1.20 points on the MMSE (standard deviation 1.90), with 66% having scores that declined by at least one point. Significant numbers of scores declined by three points or more (15% of participants in the 18–29 age group). 
                 There were no significant differences in cognitive decline between heavy users, light users, and nonusers of cannabis. There were also no male-female differences in cognitive decline in relation to cannabis use. The authors conclude that over long time periods, in persons under age 65 years, cognitive decline occurs in all age groups.


Source: aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/149/9/794.short


4.              The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) does not fund research focused on the potential medical benefits of marijuana. 20 states and the nations capital have legalized cannabis for medical use and the national government will not study the plant for it's benefits. 

Source: norml.org/news/2010/01/28/federal-agency-in-charge-of-marijuana-research-admits-stifling-studies-on-medicinal-cannabis-nida-does-not-fund-research-focused-on-the-potential-medical-benefits-of-marijuana


5.               The department of Health and Human services, which is part of the US government, owns a patent on the medicinal properties of cannabinoids, the chemical compounds in marijuana.


Source: uspatent6630507.com