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Think marijuana, and you connive images of hippies taking marijuana at leisure and drifting into their own world! We often tend to think of recreational marijuana, which is quite controversial even today. Medical marijuana however, is often deemed as useful. Sadly, only 6% of the studies have been analyzing medicinal properties of marijuana. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Pros and cons of Medicinal Marijuana as a medicinal component (1)


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Pros and cons of Medicinal Marijuana as a
medicinal component
  • Think marijuana, and you connive images of
    hippies taking marijuana at leisure and drifting
    into their own world! We often tend to think of
    recreational marijuana, which is quite
    controversial even today. Medical marijuana
    however, is often deemed as useful. Sadly, only
    6 of the studies have been analyzing medicinal
    properties of marijuana.
  • Pros of Medicinal Marijuana
  •  
  • Lets look at the benefits of pot, for a start,
    before looking for medical marijuana delivery!
    Heres a brief lowdown on some of them
  •  
  • Treat Glaucoma The much-prevalent glaucoma can
    be prevented and treated using medicinal
    marijuana, which decreases pressure in the
    eyeball and slowed the progression of the
    disease, thereby preventing blindness.

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Control and Prevent Seizures Medicinal marijuana
can decrease seizures due to epilepsy and
Dravets syndrome. This has been proven by a
number of studies. Prevents Cancer from
Spreading Who would have thought that cancer
could be prevented from spreading by using
medical marijuana! According to studies,
compounds in cannabis could even kill cancer
cells! Pain Relief from Multiple Sclerosis A
study published in the Canadian Medical
Association Journal has suggested that medical
marijuana could be used to relieve the painful
muscle contractions caused by multiple sclerosis.
It could also reduce other muscle spasms.
Increases treatment efficacy for Hepatitis C
Medicinal marijuana has been known to increase
treatment effectiveness of hepatitis C by
reducing the side-effects caused by the
treatment. A number of people are unable to
finish the treatment course due to these
side-effects, which can now be easily tackled.
Weed delivery is becoming increasingly common
these days, as the use of medicinal marijuana has
started being extended to treating inflammatory
bowel diseases, arthritis discomfort, lupus,
Chrons diseases and for boosting your
metabolism. Pushing aside all stoner stereotypes,
marijuana is also known to spur brain creativity!
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Cons of Medicinal Marijuana   As the debate
regarding the efficacy of medicinal marijuana
goes on, there have been some cons of medicinal
marijuana as well. Some of these have been
discussed below   Negative Impact on Immunity
While a large number of physicians recommend
medicinal marijuana for treating AIDS, there are
some who believe that marijuana could possibly
have negative effects on immunity as well.
Memory Problems Researchers believe that
prolonged use of marijuana could have hazardous
effects on your memory. It could also negatively
effect on your cognitive abilities. Risks of
addiction and abuse   Marijuana is indeed
addictive! Hence, a large number of studies have
indicated that marijuana could contain a high
risk of addiction and abuse. There have been
varying levels of frequencies in cannabis
delivery, which have been hugely accredited to
this endless debate on Is marijuana a harmful
drug or a beneficial medicine, which has been
going on continuously.
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A number of legislations legalizing medicinal
marijuana have been on a constant upswing. A
growing number of states have legalized medicinal
marijuana, and some of them have even gone on to
legalize recreational marijuana. Article
Resource https//abudeweeddelivery.wordpress.com/
2015/05/11/pros-and-cons-of-medicinal-marijuana-as
-a-medicinal-component/  
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