would like to know the benefits of marijuana in medical marijuana states where its used for serious illness where needed vs use of pharmaceutical meds in all states
For a start, patients in MMJ states are less likely to become addicted to opiates, because cannabis enhances the effects of opiate and anti-inflammatory drugs, allowing the patient to take a lower dose of the more dangerous pain killers! Cannabis in Palliative Medicine: Improving Care and Reducing Opioid-Related Morbidity (abst - 2011) [FONT="]Cannabis in Palliative Medicine: Improving Care and Reducing Opioid-Related Morbidity[/FONT] Cannabinoids Enhance Analgesic Effects Of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Study Says (news - 2006) Cannabinoids Enhance Analgesic Effects Of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Study Says Folks who are in the first stages of Alzheimer's can grow their own more effective herbal medicine and not pay for a clearly second-rate pharmaceutical drug! Marijuana May Slow Alzheimer's (news - 2006) [FONT="]Marijuana May Slow Alzheimer's[/FONT] Marijuana Compound Found Superior To Drugs For Alzheimer's (news – 2012) La Leva di Archimede (ENG): Marijuana Compound Found Superior To Drugs For Alzheimer's In MMJ friendly states, women have access to "High CBD cannabis". CBD is the #2 compound in marijuana. It is non-psychoactive, so the ONLY place it will be found is in dispensaries! So what does CBD do for women? Only provide the basis for a new way to treat aggressive cancers like the deadly "triple negative" breast cancer! Marijuana compound could stop aggressive cancer metastasis (news - 2012) [FONT="]Marijuana compound could stop aggressive cancer metastasis - Yahoo! News India[/FONT] Pot compound seen as tool against cancer (news – 2012) [FONT="]Pot compound seen as tool against cancer - SFGate[/FONT] This is brand new science, but once the word gets out, women in MMJ states will be demanding CBD as a treatment, and a preventative medicine, for breast cancer! Other articles that may interest you- Long term marijuana users seeking medical cannabis in California (2001-2007): demographics, social characteristics, patterns of cannabis and other drug use of 4117 applicants. (full - 2007) [FONT="]Long term marijuana users seeking medical cannabis in California (2001[/FONT] How Safe Are Medical Cannabinoids? (news – 2008) How Safe Are Medical Cannabinoids? Medical use of cannabinoids does not cause an increase in serious adverse health effects (news - 2008) International Association for Cannabis as Medicine High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide (full – 2012) http://ftp.iza.org/dp6280.pdf For a copy of my "Granny's MMJ List" where you can find just about anything related to MMJ, check out the bottom of my sig!