10 Major Health Benefits of Marijuana
The days of Reefer Madness are pretty far gone, but the American public is still vastly uninformed about marijuana, particularly concerning its myriad of amazing health benefits. Here are 10 (out of countless) health benefits that marijuana possesses. With that said, it’s simply baffling that medical marijuana is not legal in most of the country, and still there retains such a negative reputation. So, if you have one of these conditions, now might be a good time to call up your cousin’s dealer.
1. Cancer
There is a lot of unfounded rhetoric that states smoking pot can cause lung cancer because your inhaling smoke, like cigarettes. This simply isn’t true. Cigarette smoke causes cancer because the tobacco is radiated whereas marijuana isn’t. In fact, the American Association for Cancer Research has found the marijuana actually works to slow down tumor growth in the lungs, breasts, and brain considerably.
2. Seizures
Marijuana is a muscle relaxant and has “antispasmodic” qualities which have proven to be a very effective treatment of seizures. There are actually countless cases of people suffering from seizures that have only been able to function better through the use of marijuana.
3. Migraines
Since medicinal marijuana was legalized in California, doctors have reported that they have been able to treat more than 300,000 cases of migraines that conventional medicine couldn’t through marijuana. And that’s NOT just because it’s easy to fake having migraines, right? RIGHT?!
4. 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. Beat that, DEA!
5. Multiple Sclerosis
Marijuana’s effects on multiple sclerosis patients became better documented when former talk-show host, Montel Williams began to use pot to treat his MS. Marijuana works to stop the neurological effects and muscle spasms that come from the fatal disease.
6. Tourette’s and OCD
Just like marijuana can treat seizures and multiple sclerosis, marijuana’s effects slow down the tics in those suffering from Tourette’s, and the obsessive neurological symptoms in people with OCD.
7. ADD and ADHD
A well documented USC study done about a year ago showed that marijuana is not only a perfect alternative for Ritalin but treats the disorder without any of the negative side effects of the pharmaceutical.
8. IBS and Crohn’s
Marijuana has shown that it can help with symptoms of the chronic diseases as it stops nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
9. 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.
10. Premenstrual Syndrome
Next time your girlfriend is complaining that you smoke too much weed, hand her a joint. Just like marijuana is used to treat IBS, it can be used to treat the cramps and discomfort that causes your girlfriend to lash out at you. Using marijuana for PMS actually goes all the way back to Queen Victoria. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
So now that you’ve read through all this, can you really let anyone convince you of a need for marijuana rehab? I think we’ve made a pretty good case that marijuana IS rehab! It is also highly recommended that you check out The Union (for free!), a great documentary made by Brett Harvey.
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Some people are just lazy and do not wish to be a contributing member of society, but that group is not all stoners. What about drunks? Those who chug bottles of listerine and vanilla extract in hopes of getting drunk? Yet alcohol is legal because in the hands of the responsible it is fine. Cigarettes kill thousands upon thousands of people DAILY! They are still legal, and I am a smoker so I'm not trying to rag on anyone there. Yet Marijuana is classified as a bad thing. Why? Because it got off on a wrong foot.
I am an accountant, my friends are electricians, vetrenarians and managers, but we all enjoy marijuana same as other people would a nice beer with friends after a long day of work.
I would ask that no one judge people by what they do. Some people dress up in the other gender's lingerie for enjoyment. Does this mean lingerie is dangerous? Some people ignore friends and family and responsibility for video games. Does this mean video games should be illegal and considred dangerous? No. It means that some people do not know how to balance their life appropriately. I pray nearly every day that Marijuana is legalized in canada, because it's the only thing that helps my anxiety attacks, nausea and terrible female complications! I hate the drugs that do more harm than good. C'mon people, this stuff is pretty awesome
marijuana also stimulates growing brain cells in the hippocampus
take that http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8155-mariju…
Hahahaha i like how the stoners are telling the idiots who are judgmental to further there education and learn something rather then spreading there hate comments, maybe Anti-stupid drug GUY is right.. STONERS think they ARE SMARTER then everyone of them, CUZ WE ARE! Roll it up, light it up, in hale, ex hale! :P
Okay I'm not a stoner but I must say all these anti-drug posts who think that all stoners are idiots have been brainwashed by American society and anti drug advertising- none of which is true representation of actuality. If you actually do some unbiased simply fact based scientific or medical research its easy to conclude alcohol is way way more damaging to the human body than weed. Weed is natural and was put on this earth by God. It helps people who have cancer and helps my friend who has Lupis. Also in college you notice alot of people smoke weed, one of my good friends who is a med student does and she gets really good grades and is doing awesome.. so honestly, this whole oh people who smoke weed are stupid idiots and burnouts, is just a biased created thanks to America.
Actually marijuana is illegal because the mexicans smoked it habitually and they were coming over when we had no border laws. The United States made marijuana illegal in order to keep control of the mexican population in the U.S.. They did the same with cocaine. They outlawed cocaine because they said it made blacks superhuman and made the police need a higher caliber of gun to kill them. Long story short is marijuana is illegal in the U.S. because the U.S. is racist!!!
It goes to show that stoners, not all though, can be smarter than you. And guys it’s simply goths and emos without any punctuation. Think outside the box hey.
It goes to show that stoners, not all though, can be smarter than you. And guys it’s simply goths and emos without any punctuation. Think outside the box mr ignorant hey. I think weed should be legal but no public smoking, kids should stay away, if it dont do for u, don’t do it, i got lots of people who eat meat , they have no right slamming vegetarians,
Screw the system, hypocrite! Feeding us with geneticaly modified foods, and cal it legal.
the goverment is lying to us ..
I believe that we should all agree with the saying "to each his own," because marijuana certainly does help many people, but it can cause many people harm too. Everyone decides how they want to live their life and we all know the consequences so I dont understand why we should argue so much… Can we both just understand BOTH SIDES of the story please! I know successful people who have been sober their whole life and smoked pot almost every day of their life. It works for some people and not for others, thats the end of that!
This is just an observation. I grew up around my uncles and older cousins and they all smoke weed and not one of them got sick wit flu or anything else while my other family members got sick all the time. And like how I’m older I started using marijuana daily (one- two splif a day, 4in long) and I never got sick After i started but if i tired to stop smoking a week or 2 later i would start feeling the symtoms of flu.It’s like marijuana makes your immune system stronger. Also they all are very smart n talented so this rules out brain damage and it helped me wit my anger management. This is why I don’t believe the lies the governments are putting out there.
Anti stupid drug person up there. Ya, f*ck you. Let me guess, your probably a judgmental motherf*cker thats all stuck up and most likely a mormon with good grades or your parents would ground you. Ive aspirated a sunflower seed, didnt get and operation to get it out untill 3 years later causing massive infection, then later having 4 more surgeries to get it removed. Ive also almost died of annorexia, and phnemonia. I enjoy smoking bowls anytime i get and you know what b*tch, im way f*cking healthier than i was then. I have an A-B grade average and im going to College while still in high school. Your f*cking oblivious and need to shut the f*ck up. Thank you(:
Daily food for thought!!!
cannabis (marijuana) was just like the prohibition and the government made the commercials to try to scare people to make them break away from the cannabis my grandma was a pure blooded Cherokee and she would grow cannabis and use it for many illnesses she was the one who taught that cannabis wass not bad for you like people think today
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