There is no plant on Earth more condemned than marijuana. We’re talking
about a living organism which governments have taken upon themselves to
designate as an illegal substance. Despite no existing evidence of
anyone ever dying of a marijuana overdose, possession of this plant is
still illegal in many parts. Marijuana has been found to suppress
cancer, reduce blood pressure, treat glaucoma, alleviate pain and even
inhibit HIV. It is an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and
neuroprotective. Can you understand more now why it’s illegal?
No Independent Study Has Ever Linked Marijuana To Psychosocial Problems
Cannabis is one of the most powerful healing plants on the planet.
Dozens of studies have made pseudoscientific attempts to indicate that
young people who use cannabis tend to experience psychological, social
problems and mental decline. However, there is no evidence that
marijuana use is directly linked with such problems, according to the
results of a study published in The Lancet.
“Currently, there is no strong evidence that use of cannabis of itself
causes psychological or social problems,” such as mental illness or
school failure, lead study author Dr. John Macleod of the University of
Birmingham in the UK told Reuters Health.
“There is a great deal of evidence that cannabis use is associated with
these things, but this association could have several explanations,” he
said, citing factors such as adversity in early life, which may itself
be associated with cannabis use and psychosocial problems.
Macleod and his team reviewed 48 long-term studies, 16 of which provided
the highest quality information about the association between illicit
drug use reported by people 25 years old or younger and later
psychological or social problems. Most of the drug-specific results
involved cannabis use.
Cannabis use was not consistently associated with violent or antisocial behavior, or with psychological problems.
In another study, Scientists from King’s College, London, found occasional pot use could actually improve concentration levels.
The study, carried in the American Journal of Epidemiology, tested the
mental function and memory of nearly 9,000 Britons at age 50 and found
that those who had used illegal drugs as recently as in their 40s did
just as well, or slightly better, on the tests than peers who had never
used drugs.
‘Overall, at the population level, the results seem to suggest that past
or even current illicit drug use is not necessarily associated with
impaired cognitive functioning in early middle age,’ said lead
researcher Dr Alex Dregan.
Dr Dregan’s team used data on 8,992 42-year-olds participating in a UK
national health study, who were asked if they had ever used any of 12
illegal drugs. Then, at the age of 50, they took standard tests of
memory, attention and other cognitive abilities.
Overall, the study found, there was no evidence that current or past
drug users had poorer mental performance. In fact, when current and past
users were lumped together, their test scores tended to be higher.
The Age of Deception is Ending
In 2003, the U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services filed for, and was
awarded a patent on cannabinoids.
The reason? Because research into cannabinoids allowed pharmaceutical
companies to acquire practical knowledge on one of the most powerful
antioxidants and neuroprotectants known to the natural world.
The
U.S. Patent 6630507
was specifically initiated when researchers found that cannabinoids had
specific antioxidant properties making them useful in the treatment and
prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as
ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The
cannabinoids are found to have particular application as
neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following
ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of
neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s
disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as
cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid
toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high
doses useful in the method of the present invention.
In a historic and significant moment in American history, last November, Colorado became the first US state to
legalize marijuana for recreational use.
The impact of the decision could ripple across the entire country with
vast opportunities to educate millions on the top health benefits of
marijuana.
With the passage of I-502 in the 2012 Washington State election,
marijuana also became legal in Washington–not just for medical use, but
also for recreational use. Weed is still illegal as far as the United
States government is concerned, but Washington and Colorado both have
yet to figure out how that will work. It’s certain that this issue will
continue to evolve and smooth out as time goes by, but the remaining
states will eventually follow suit or be left behind with outdated laws.
Top Health Benefits
It’s no surprise that the
United States has decreed that marijuana has no accepted medical use use
and should remain classified as a highly dangerous drug like heroin.
Accepting and promoting the powerful health benefits of marijuana would
instantly cut huge profits geared towards cancer treatment and the U.S.
would have to admit it imprisons the population for no cause. Nearly
half of all drug arrests in the United States are for marijuana.
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