Canadian Medical Marijuana

MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACTS Medical marijuana refers to the parts of the herb cannabis used as a form of medicine or herbal therapy, or to synthetic forms of specific cannabinoids such as THC as a form of medicine. Marijuana is classified as a Schedule 1 drug by the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, meaning it is considered to have a "high potential for abuse," "no currently accepted medical use," and "a lack of accepted safety. DID YOU KNOW... 1 "Marijuana" is a Mexican term that originally was applied to low-quality tobacco. The plant was cultivated in China for therapy (and recreation) over 4,700 years ago. $1.7 Billion is the current value of the medical marijuana market 4 $18 Billion black market annual marijuana revenue Most marijuana users never use any other illicit drug. Most people who use marijuana do so occasionally. 6 Increasing admissions for treatment do not reflect increasing rates of clinical dependence. 7 Marijuana use rates in the Netherlands are similar to those in the U.S. despite very different policies. More than 800,000 people are arrested for O marijuana each year, the vast majority of them for simple possession. Legalizing marijuana would create a floundering economy, estimated at $36 billion each year. 10 45% of the US population support legalization and think Marijuana should be completely legal. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. But patients in these states face federal prosecution for using it-or for growing or possessing pot for medical purposes. TOP HEALTH BENEFITS MIGRAINES Doctors in California have been able to treat more than 300,000 cases of migraines with medical marijuana. CURE INSOMNIA In addition to the reported effects of relaxation and pain reduction, many users of medicinal cannabis also use the substance as a means to Zzz relieve anxiety and certain sleep disorders such as insomnia. CANCER Helps relieve nausea and vomiting and increase appetite in people with cancer. Western governments have known this for a long time yet they continued to suppress the information so that cannabis prohibition and the profits generated by the drug industry proliferated. GLAUCOMA Marijuana's treatment of glaucoma has been one of the best documented. There isn't a single valid study that exists that disproves marijuana's very powerful and popular effects on glaucoma patients. ALZHEIMER'S Despite what you may have heard about marijuana's effects on the brain, the Scripps Institute, in 2006, proved that the THC found in marijuana works to prevent Alzheimer's by blocking the deposits in the brain that cause the disease.