The Importance of Medical Marijuana

in #health6 years ago

Medical marijuana is also known as medical cannabis or cannabinoids.
In this 21st century, the use of medical marijuana to treat some certain form of ailments is growing rapidly across the globe. There are hundreds of research going on in different higher institution of learning on the importance of medical marijuana. The use of medical marijuana has not been approved in many countries across the globe as it is seen as one of the most used illicit drug by millions of people across the globe. It has been approved in 29 states in the United of America, including the Washington DC. At the federal level it is still illegal. Many users across the globe are clamouring the legalization of medical marijuana.
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Medical marijuana is commonly used for pain relief, most especially in the USA, but it cannot get rid of severe pain. Marijuana has long history of drug abuse by teenagers which is causing several controversial arguments among researchers, scientist, doctors, governments and the users regarding to its legalization.
Marijuana is been recommended by many doctors for their patients treatment, while many doctors are still kicking against its uses because it has not been well tested due to the government regulation and restriction to its access.
Marijuana has been tested and yielded results on many patients according to their testimonies. Many medical patients have testified that it helps in managing nausea, weight loss, and waist pains and help them to relax their muscles. It also reduce pains of multiple sclerosis and nerve pains. It is said to be safer compare to the use of opiates.
Most of the common and noticeable side effects or cannabis are risk associated with addiction, like schizophrenia, memory and cognition problems in youth.
Medical marijuana is been administered to patients and users through several means such as capsules, vaporizing, dermal patches, lozenges, tinctures, dermal spray, cannabis edibles.
Veteran therapist use medical marijuana, and many of them are clamouring for more studies on the medical importance of marijuana, because of the drastic improvement and recovery during their therapy treatments.

Many said it is very effective when you use medical marijuana to lessen the Parkinson’s tremor disease. Also, some testimonies on its success management of endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, fibromyalgia and some other conditions that their end result is chronic pain.

Before one will adopt the use of medical marijuana, it is very important and advisable to consult your medical doctor or your healthcare provider for advice on its uses. Many do feel embarrassed to discuss their interest in the use of medical marijuana for the treatment of ailment, but one should not shy away from what can bring relief to ailments. That is best reason for you to consult your healthcare provider before you take the decision to know maybe it is dangerous for your health or not. Medical Marijuana is still under comprehensive studies to figure out the clear benefits of it. There is no comprehensive or stable evidence to the benefits and the risk of using marijuana, but more has been said about its low risk of causing harm compare to other harmful substances.

Recently a Bill was submit by Senator Joseph Vitale, D-Union, Nicholas Scutari, D-Middlesex, R-Monmouth and Declan O’Scanlon of the United State of America is response to the call of Governor Murphy to reform New Jersey’s medical marijuana program. If this bill is passed, it will favour the Department of Health to expand and issue license for the planation and the uses of medical marijuana program to meet the demands of the patient’s treatment. This bill will give patients the privilege to be treated with cannabis is necessary in healthcare centre.

Conclusion

Medical marijuana which is also known as cannabis has medical benefits and as well as side effects on youths that are addicted to it. Marijuana can be taken in a medical form treatment and management of illness like pains among others. In most countries across the globe the use of marijuana is a crime, but it seems the world is changing so fast of this medical marijuana as lot of users and medical personnel has adopted it treatment, especially in some states in the United States of America.

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