Rep. Cohen Tears Into AG Holder On Marijuana – YouTube.
Lou
Victoria, BC, Canada
December 29, 2012
I am re-posting this, as nothing much has changed since it was written. Appropriate and hopefully helpful for those who need the info.
Part 1
In this day and age, it is becoming incredibly difficult to deny the countless benefits of marijuana as medicine. Big pharma and governments have been found guilty, repeatedly, of concealing the evidence that marijuana is not only harmless but has the potential to become the mother of all cures. It’s called science. Regrettably, it looks like science has been prostituted by big business and made to say whatever those who hold the purse strings want it to say.
The emerging fact is that marijuana is not only a powerful medicine that will help alleviate suffering but also that marijuana might have a potentially beneficial effect on preventing and curing deadly diseases like cancer. So why do our political leaders refuse to see the scientific facts ? Is it just ignorance or something else ?
Our elected leaders should be representing us. Our will should be their agenda. The overwhelming majority of BC residents want marijuana decriminalized. Perhaps there are other forces at play here. It’s no big secret really. Big Pharma has been known to lobby politicians, especially in the US, to keep marijuana illegal. They want to peddle their deadly and nasty man-made drugs to an exhausted population that is so stressed out by modern life that it cannot function without some form of medication. Pharmaceutical drugs and alcohol are acceptable remedies to the establishment. They kill but they make profits. Marijuana can grow on the side of the road. Anyone with a basic green thumb can crop a crop in their living room. No profits for corporations. No dividends.
My point is that medicine should be freely available to all humans. Medicine should never have let the profit motive to enter its realm. It’s too late now. Medicine is now overwhelmingly owned by the Big Pharma corporations. Follow the money. It’s that simple.
Big Pharma companies stand to lose billions of dollars in revenues if people suddenly realized the wickedness of their lies, and realized that the pharma drugs are poison for the most part. People are finally realizing that marijuana, a plant, a weed really, could actually replace most pharma drugs more efficiently and without side effects. Don’t believe me ? Do your own search on how many deaths are attributed to pharma drugs annually. And then, do a similar search for marijuana. We are talking about thousands of annual deaths in North America by the pharma drugs compared to zero deaths from marijuana. This reality is obscenely evil for lack of a better descriptor.
I am not even talking about the other side benefits of growing marijuana: Hemp. It could replace all plastics and other chemically destructive man made products. Hemp has been known to have at least 5000 different uses. Textiles, papers, housing, automobiles. etc. It requires no pesticides. But that’s for another post. Let me just say one final thing about hemp. It has been replaced by plastics, pesticide-infused cotton, and other destructive man- made stuff. Guess who created this situation ? Yup, you guessed it: The oil and chemical companies.
Marijuana has been criminalized by the pill pushers of big pharma the same way hemp was dealt with by the oil and chemical companies. The unholy trio of oil, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies are responsible for a significant amount of devastation on the planet. This unholy trio is also responsible for thousands and thousands of deaths. How do you measure this kind of evil ?
Anyway, I think you get the idea of where I am coming from on this issue. And you have pondered in your mind the validity of laws that aim to curtail behavior just because it is not understood or accepted by the indoctrinated masses fed on a daily dose of media lies and distortions, right ? If you curtail me then I should be able to curtail you. That’s only fair.
The other half of this post is more practical. I know someone that wants to try cannabis as medicine but she is a nurse. In Canada, nurses work mostly for the government. Some local governments might insist on drug tests. I am not aware of this happening in Canada but what do I know ? This is a big country. Anyhow, the general public is just beginning to question the lies that governments, the media, and the so-called experts have been saying thru the side of their mouths for way too long now.
So this is now a practical guide for obtaining “legal” marijuana in Canada. The legal aspect of marijuana in Canada is perhaps a bit complex for this post, so I will link some articles referring to the issue at the bottom.
Part 2
How to obtain medical marijuana in BC
This gets confusing immediately. Let’s keep it simple: There are two kinds of licenses for medical marijuana in Canada. One is issued by Health Canada in Ottawa. They have issued approximately 4000 licenses so far. That’s out of 34 million Canadians. Do the math. It’s just a shell game. No purpose whatsoever . Just another bureaucratic government agency bloated by tax dollars and pseudo-science. The marijuana that this agency has been growing in the prairies has been universally despised and rejected by those who need it most. Let’s forget about these far-away ivory towers engorged bureaucrats.
The other kind of license is easier to obtain but that is the part that is in limbo legally. The law is changing rapidly. Prosecutors and police are playing a waiting game. But it looks like the tide is changing finally. Just last week, crown counsel dropped the charges of trafficking against Owen Smith. Wait for this: He was baking cookies for a compassion club in his apartment. These charges were heavy on Owen’ shoulders since 2009.
The Facts
All you need is for your physician to sign a consent form. You can download it online from a compassion club. Get your doctor to sign it and take the form to the club of your choice. There are three in this town of ~150,000 people. That’s basically it. That was the hard part. By the way, if your doctor refuses to sign the forms, do yourself a favor and change doctors. We need educated avant-garde minds in this battle.
My particular club has a $15 annual membership fee which gives you the following options:
1) High grade marijuana at a very reasonable price. Better than the street dealers so-to-speak. Sold by the gram.
2) Cannabis cookies. 1/4 of a cookie is the equivalent of 2 joints. It’s relative.
3) Cannabis infused olive oil. Drink it or cook with it. Delightful on the digestive system.
4) Cannabis infused aeromist. Spray it on your tongue.
5) Brownies
All the products above are of the highest quality.
By the way, most members find that they smoke far less marijuana once they have access to cannabis products. Harm reduction in reality.
There are a few more privileges that come with the membership but I’ll leave that for discovery.
Finally, click on this link to see how a compassion club operates: http://www.thevics.com/
Hope this helps. Feel free to contact me for more info.
Lou
Click on link for video of Own Smith ‘s relief after hearing the charges against him were dropped by the Crown: http://bcove.me/xoy6tba1
Can Medical Cannabis Stop The ADHD Epidemic? – Waking Times : Waking Times.
Kent Mao, Contributor
Waking Times
ADHD seems to be a touchy subject among many doctors, as it remains one of the most controversial yet most common diagnoses in today’s society. It’s interesting to note that, although ADHD is believed to affect 5% of the adult population, it is most often diagnosed in school-age children, leading many to question whether ADHD is an actual disorder or merely a convenient way of dealing with more troublesome kids.
While the days of Ritalin are long over, – there’s a new designer drug called Vyvanse – medical opinions continue to be divided on this disorder. Although most doctors agree that ADHD is a real condition, the alarming rise in diagnoses over the years leads experts to suggest that the definition of this disorder is being too loosely applied in practice.
According to a recent story in the New York Times (1), nearly one in five high school boys and 11 percent of school-age children across the United States have been officially diagnosed with ADHD. That’s a 16 percent increase since 2007 and a 41 percent rise over the past decade.
Along with the debate on how to identify children who suffer from this disorder, many parents are wary of the long-term effects of stimulant medications.
ADHD is most commonly treated with amphetamine-derived formulations, which are nearly identical in molecular structure to the street drugs known as cocaine and meth. Maybe “almost” isn’t entirely accurate, since pure methamphetamine is actually approved by the FDA for the treatment of ADHD – they just prefer to call it Desoxyn.
And while studies (2) have found that the brain can adapt to these medications – thereby requiring patients to regularly increase their dosages – there seems to be very little alternative as far as ADHD treatments go. But as is the case for many disorders, both patients and doctors alike seem to be overlooking a world-renowned plant that is currently approved for medical use in 18 states and the District of Columbia.
Using marijuana to treat ADHD might seem counterintuitive, as marijuana is known to decrease its user’s attention span and overall motivation to get things done – a phenomenon admiringly known as “couch lock.” Even still, there is a significant amount of anecdotal evidence that marijuana can be useful in the treatment of this disorder, along with support from a growing body of medical marijuana research.
Before getting into how marijuana can help with ADHD, it’s important to understand just what symptoms embody this vague and often subjective disorder. Interestingly, ADHD seems to affect children in a very different way than adults. For instance, children with ADHD seem to exhibit hyperactivity, disruptive behavior, social problems and, ultimately, problems in their academic endeavors. On the other hand, adults seem to be more strongly affected by the mood-related symptoms of ADHD, which include anxiety, depression and OCD. Furthermore, the hyperactivity that is all-too-common in children seems to be almost completely reversed in adult sufferers, who seem to struggle more with an overall lack of motivation. Finally, both adults and children seem to have a higher incidence of sleep disorders, including insomnia, sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome.
Considering all of this, the symptom profile of ADHD certainly seems to support the use of medical marijuana. For instance, marijuana is known to have a calming effect on its user, which could reduce the hyperactivity exhibited by ADHD children as well as the anxiety experienced by adult sufferers. Furthermore, studies have found marijuana to be an effective treatment for depression (3), OCD (4) and a variety of sleep disorders, including insomnia (5) and sleep apnea (6).
Scientific research on the endocannabinoid system – the body’s natural cannabinoid system – provides even more support for the use of medical marijuana as a treatment of ADHD. In fact, studies (7) have found that patients with ADHD have higher levels of the endocannabinoid known as anandamide. Although anandamide is naturally produced by the human body, it has remarkably similar effects as the THC found in marijuana, as both of these cannabinoids seem to bind to the same cannabinoid receptors. Anandamide is known to be released on demand by the body in response to a variety of stress factors, suggesting that the body may activate the endocannabinoid system as a protective response to the onset of ADHD-related symptoms.
Finally, studies have identified a link (8) between activity of the endocannabinoid system and the release of dopamine. A lack of dopamine is believed to be one of the primary underlying factors in ADHD. This is the primary reason why stimulants are such an effective and commonly prescribed treatment, as stimulants mainly act to increase dopamine levels.
It’s quite obvious that the majority of the medical community remains opposed to the use of medical marijuana for the treatment of ADHD, among many others. On the other hand, perspectives on marijuana are rapidly changing and doctors are beginning to voice their support for this alternative medicine.
One of these doctors is the late Dr. Claudia Jensen, who sadly passed away in 2007 after a battle with breast cancer. However, she leaves us with a convincing testimony of the effectiveness of medical marijuana in treating ADHD, based on her clinical experiences as a pediatrician and her passionate work as an instructor at the University of Southern California.
In an interview with MSNBC, Dr. Jensen concisely summarized why marijuana may be a safe and effective alternative to traditional stimulants.
“They don’t have to get stoned – it’s dose-related. But they do get the benefit of being able to focus, pay attention, not be impulsive, not be angry, be peaceful and relaxed and pay attention in school, which helps them get better grades.” – Dr. Claudia Jensen
Indeed, it seems like only a matter of time until the medical community as a whole will come to recognize the tremendous benefits of prescribing medical marijuana for patients with ADHD. Until then, we can only rely on the testimony of brave spokespeople such as Dr. Jensen to guide us in this field of alternative medicine.
Kent Mao runs the excellent website TruthOnPot.com, an online resource for medical marijuana facts, information and research. TruthOnPot.com actively engages in the online discussion of marijuana research and policy. You can learn more by visiting www.truthonpot.com
Sources:
(2) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/news/records/2012/feb/Brains-and-ADHD-medication.aspx
(3) http://www.truthonpot.com/2013/03/29/can-marijuana-help-manage-depression/
(4) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21796370
(5) http://www.truthonpot.com/2013/03/30/using-medical-marijuana-for-insomnia/
(6) http://www.truthonpot.com/2013/02/16/medical-marijuana-a-treatment-for-sleep-apnea/
(7) http://www.neurology.org/content/72/17/1526
(8) http://www.truthonpot.com/2012/12/04/how-does-marijuana-affect-dopamine/
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The End Of The Anti-Marijuana Generation – Waking Times : Waking Times.
Kent Mao, Contributing Writer
Waking Times
Many Americans are beginning to see the benefits of policy reform
It’s no secret that public opinion on marijuana has shifted dramatically in recent years. Is this the beginning of the end for the anti-marijuana generation? Some would say so.
Advocacy of marijuana legalization is fast becoming a popular standpoint among Americans. According to Gallup polls, public support for marijuana legalization reached a record-high of 50% in 2011 and remained relatively consistent for the most part of 2012. Last November’s poll showed only a slight dip in support, from 50% to 48%.
You might be wondering just who these supporters are. Well, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to hear that Gallup found support for marijuana to be inversely proportional to age, with as much as 62% of 18-to-29 year-olds in favor of legalization, down to just 31% of those 65 and older. Indeed, the pro-marijuana movement appears to be largely driven by young voters.
Before you discredit this group for their youth, consider this. Similar surveys by CNN and Pew show that support for marijuana legalization comes from a wealthier and more highly educated demographic. Interestingly, CNN also found that whites were more likely to support legalization than non-whites, despite the fact that blacks are more likely to be arrested for drug possession.
Such high levels of support for marijuana are in stark contrast with the traditional norm. When Gallup first polled the public about marijuana legalization in 1969, only 12% of Americans were in favor. And as recently as 2005, only about a third of Americans indicated support for legalization.
What happened between 2005 and 2011 is anyone’s guess, although some explanations appear more convincing than others.
A major factor in shifting public opinion could very well be the growing number of states that have legalized medical marijuana. Between 2005 and 2011, legalization measures were passed in seven separate states as well as the District of Columbia. This brought the total number of Americans living in legal medical marijuana states to over 90 million, representing roughly 1 in 4 of the overall population.
By the time Delaware’s marijuana legislation was signed into law in mid-2011, over 1 million Americans had authorization to access medical marijuana.
Disregarding medical marijuana for a moment, national surveys show that illicit marijuana has also increased, albeit to a much smaller degree. From 2005 to 2011, the proportion of high school students that reported using marijuana at some point in their lives crept upward from 38% to 40% – perhaps explaining why support for legalization is highest among the younger demographic. Prevalence of past month marijuana use within the overall population also rose during this time.
Still, this only scratches the surface of what really undermines the anti-marijuana mindset. What many seem to overlook is the scientific momentum that marijuana has gained in recent years.
The increase in statewide legalization measures comes as a direct result of scientific evidence which finds medical marijuana to be an effective treatment for a wide range of conditions. Furthermore, long-standing public fear of marijuana’s damaging effects on the brain and lungs have been debunked time and time again by overwhelming proof of the contrary.
As anti-marijuana campaigns dwindle in their efforts, many Americans are beginning to see the benefits of policy reform.
Legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington following November’s election has strongly contributed to public awareness of the discrepancy between public opinion and federal policy. As it stands today, legalization measures in Colorado and Washington seem like only a minor indication of things to come as a nationwide pro-marijuana generation takes form.
Kent Mao runs the excellent website TruthOnPot.com, an online resource for medical marijuana facts, information and research. TruthOnPot.com actively engages in the online discussion of marijuana research and policy. You can learn more by visiting www.truthonpot.com
This article originally appeared on Politix.
In its 3000-plus year history of medicinal use, there has never been a known, confirmed death caused by overdose of marijuana. To suggest that prescription drugs known to have severe negative side effects are alright and that marijuana can only be used for cancer or AIDS is nonsensical. It demonstrates how the Federal government’s decision to usurp state sovereignty is harming people because burdening citizens with federal criminal records based on medical marijuana provided for under state law is simply wrong. To continue outlawing the use of a drug shown to have life-saving, anti-cancer benefits that has been used safely as a medication for thousands of years is irresponsible.
Patient Rights attorney Matthew Pappas
Jan., 2013 National Cancer Institute PDQ® report on cannabis:
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional/page2
July, 2009 NIH report on cannabis reducing neck and head squamous cell carcinoma:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19638490
Nov., 2012 NIH report on cannabis breast cancer treatment:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22776349
Report on study showing smoked marijuana does not cause cancer:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html
Report on neuroprotective benefits of marijuana:
www.foxnews.com/health/2012/03/20/researchers-study-neuroprotective-properties-in-cannabis/
LOS ANGELES, March 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The following is a statement by Advocates for the Disabled and Seriously Ill:
In a recent report, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the Federal government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), stated that marijuana “inhibited the survival of both estrogen receptor–positive and estrogen receptor–negative breast cancer cell lines.” The same report showed marijuana slows or stops the growth of certain lung cancer cells and suggested that marijuana may provide “risk reduction and treatment of colorectal cancer.”
Referring to the NCI report, Patient Rights attorney Matthew Pappas said, “The Federal government’s continuing attack on people prescribed medical cannabis by their doctors is hypocritical considering the benefits reported by its own National Cancer Institute.” Pappas represents patients in defending their right to reasonably obtain medical marijuana. The patients contend the Federal government and various municipalities are trying to prevent them from obtaining cannabis for medical purposes in direct contravention of state laws. “Cities that ban dispensaries are denying patients the ability to obtain a medicine the Federal government’s National Institutes of Health says fights cancer and they’re doing it with the Obama Administration’s help.” Recently, the City of Los Angeles repealed its ban of medical marijuana collectives after Bill Rosendahl, a member of its city council diagnosed with cancer and prescribed medical marijuana said to fellow council members about the ban, “You want to kill me? You want to throw me under the bus?”
Vaporized Marijuana is a Safe and Effective Pain Treatment.
March 8th, 2013
Updated 03/08/2013
When we talk about the medicinal benefits of marijuana, those who disapprove of its use tend to roll their eyes. But the fact is, this powerful plant has numerous potential applications in healthcare and pain management in particular. A new study has once again demonstrated that the vilified plant can safely and effectively treat general pain along with the painful symptoms of neuropathy.
Neuropathy is damage to the nervous system – particularly the peripheral nervous system (not including the brain and spinal cord). It is characterized by pain and numbness especially in the hands and feet, and is often the result of diabetes. Neuropathy can also be caused by injuries, toxic exposure, infections, and more.
This latest study was conducted by researchers at the University of California Davis Medical Center and was published in The Journal of Pain. It was a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study that looked at the effectiveness of using vaporized, inhaled cannabis in 39 participants. These participants were experiencing neuropathic pain despite having tried traditional treatments (like opiate drugs). All participants continued to take their prescribed medications throughout the 4 week study period.
Researchers gave participants doses of cannabis with moderate THC levels (3.53 percent) or low THC levels (1.29 percent). (THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the plant’s primary psychoactive chemical). Some also received a placebo with no THC. They found both doses of cannabis to be effective in reducing pain significantly.
“Both the low and medium doses proved to be salutary analgesics for the heterogeneous collection of neuropathic pain conditions studied. Both active study medications provided statistically significant 30% reductions in pain intensity when compared to placebo,” stated the researchers.
This is far from the first study to illustrate the pain-relieving benefits of cannabis. In fact, cannabis (even in THC-free form, or free of psychoactive effects) has been identified as a powerful pain reliever in more than 80 peer-reviewed studies. Still, the herb is classified as dangerous by the U.S. government.
Why is marijuana still illegal? Opponents of medicinal marijuana (including the federal government) say the research isn’t enough. It isn’t clear what they would like to see in marijuana studies, but it’s beginning to look like they want the impossible. It seems they would rather Americans continue consuming addictive prescription pain medications than use a plant.
According to AlterNet, sales of opiate pain pills have tripled since 1999. Oxycodone (one of the more popular choices on the legal and illegal market) has increased from 8.3 tons in 1997 to a whopping 105 tons in 2011. Overdose deaths are similarly climbing as is the number of people addicted to these substances. To date, no one has died from a marijuana overdose.
Additional Sources:
Marijuana Heals Cancer …Cannabinoid Receptors In The Human Body – YouTube.
Cannabinoid Receptors are the most dense and most populated receptors in our brains and our bodies. Whether you believe in the Theory of Evolution or the Theory of Intelligent Design, the results are clear. Our bodies are designed to accept Cannabinoids. If someone tells you cannabis has no medical value, they are either ignorant or lying.
Aug 25, 2010
BBC special on Cannabinoid Receptors…below an article by Steve Kubby, Sierra Times …A new study published in Nature Reviews-Cancer provides an historic and detailed explanation about how THC and natural cannabinoids counteract cancer, but preserve normal cells.
It is hard to believe that the knowledge that cannabis can be used to fight cancer has been suppressed for almost thirty years , yet it seems likely that it will continue to be suppressed. Why? According to Cowan, the answer is because it is a threat to cannabis prohibition . “If this article and its predecessors from 2000 and 1974 were the only evidence of the suppression of medical cannabis, then one might perhaps be able to rationalize it in some herniated way.
However, there really is massive proof that the suppression of medical cannabis represents the greatest failure of the institutions of a free society, medicine, journalism, science, and our fundamental values,” Cowan notes. Millions of people have died horrible deaths and in many cases, families exhausted their savings on dangerous, toxic and expensive drugs. Now we are just beginning to realize that while marijuana has never killed anyone, marijuana prohibition has killed millions.
Bonus track:
12 Things You May Not Know About Cannabis – Waking Times : Waking Times.
The majority of America has either decriminalized cannabis, or legalized it for medicinal purposes
It’s almost hard to believe when you consider how strong prohibition continues in most parts of the country, but 27 states in the U.S. have either decriminalized cannabis possession, legalized possession and state-licensed retail sales, legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes, or a combination of the three.
Cannabis is an ancient substance
The cannabis plant isn’t new, and neither is its usage. For example; pounds of cannabis have been found in Chinese tombs dating back thousands of years. Going even further back, cannabis is said to have co-evolved with humans, which is likely why it contains such intense medical value for our species. This indicates that the cannabis plant has followed us through most, if not all, our existence.
A Chinese tomb where pounds of cannabis was found.Cannabis may reduce infant mortality rates
In a drastically important, yet widely under-publicized study examining thousands of infants, those who had cannabis in their system had nearly half the rate of mortality; 8.9 deaths per 1,000, compared to 15.7. To some, especially those unfamiliar to cannabis as a medicine, this may sound a little far-fetched, but the numbers stand strong, and the study is the most comprehensive we have on the issue. We truly hope we see more in the future.
A chart on the study from examiner.com.The federal government sends out hundreds of cannabis joints to patients every month
To many legalization advocates this is nothing new, but to those who haven’t heard it before, it’s a shock. As part of a short-lived federal medical marijuana program (yes, the hypocrisy is thick as mud), four people who were grandfathered in receive 300 pre-rolled cannabis joints from the government every month. And they have for years.
The program’s initial existence, and the government’s continuation of supplying these joints, adds an odd layer to the current war on cannabis that sees the feds putting people in prison for years for far less than the 300 joints they supply to these individuals every month.
Four people receive a monthly canister of joints from the U.S. government.America is one of the only “developed” nations that doesn’t permit the growing of industrial hemp
Over 30 nations across the world allow for hemp to be grown as an industrial commodity. According to congressional research from 2005, America is the only “developed” nation in the world that doesn’t allow it; although we allow for the sale and production of hemp products.
America is the only “developed” country to outlaw hemp production.Hemp can be used to clean up nuclear disaster sites
A process called phytoremediation is used to clean areas suffering from immense nuclear contamination, by using plants to absorb the toxins out of the soil and water. Hemp is one of the most effective plants for this process, and has been used to clean contaminated soil around the world, at locations like Chernobyl.
The process of phytoremediation.Cannabis was once listed in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia
Cannabis was used as the primary ingredient in a variety of tinctures and concoctions prescribed by doctors for a myriad of maladies from 1850 up until 1942, when it was removed from the U.S. Pharmacopoeia – much to the protest of many physicians, including the American Medical Association.
Legal cannabis tincture from over a century ago.Medical marijuana reduces suicide rates
Recent studies have shown states that have legalized the usage of medical marijuana have seen a significant decrease in suicide rates. The most heavily impacted group were males ages 20-29, which saw an 11% decrease. In these same states, there was also a decrease in traffic fatalities.
Hemp oil can be used to fuel cars
Although many people are aware of hemp’s use for things like clothing and rope, one capability is often overlooked: the plant’s ability to be processed into effective, environmentally-friendly biofuel. Hemp oil could easily replace most petroleum products, and it can even be used in place of gasoline to fuel vehicles.
This car has traveled over 13,000 miles on strictly hemp fuel.The U.S. government owns a patent on marijuana compounds
Definitively hypocritical, and a sign that the government knows it’s lying and eventually wants the monopoly over cannabis as a medicine, the feds have patented multiple cannabis compounds, and cannabis-related pharmaceutical drugs. One such patent is for cannabis to be used as an antioxidant and neuroprotectant.
The government owns the patent to cannabis as an antioxidant and neuroprotectant.
Your body produces its own endocannabinoids
Our body is made to accept cannabis as a therapeutic and medicinal substance. As humans, we have our own endocannabinoid system, as well as receptors; the primary reasons it’s so useful as a medicine.Breast milk, for example, is said to contain heavy amounts of naturally-produced endocannabinoids.
Our body produces its own endocannabinoids, and has receptors throughout our body.[ Editor's Note: Sources are hyper-linked throughout the article. ]
