Marijuana (proper name Cannabis) has been used for medical purposes for over 12,000 years. Ancient historical pharmaceutical texts dating back some 2,000 years detail the wide variety of uses for this plant that grows throughout the world. As early as 2737 B.C., the mystical Emperor Shen Neng of China was prescribing marijuana tea for the treatment of gout, rheumatism, malaria and, oddly enough, poor memory. The drug's popularity as a medicine spread throughout Asia, the Middle East and down the eastern coast of Africa, and certain Hindu sects in India used marijuana for religious purposes and stress relief. Ancient physicians prescribed marijuana for everything from pain relief to earache to childbirth. Medical uses of cannabis are only now being rediscovered after some eighty years of prohibition in the United States. Canada and Western Europe are advancing quickly in the provision of laws to allow for medical cannabis and new classes of pharmaceuticals based on cannabinoids.
Fortunately we have started researching, documenting and studying the effects of marijuana for medical uses. This allows us to say without a doubt, yes marijuana helps here is proof. There are quite a few benefits you may know of already. Marijuana helps increase appetite, sooth nausea , glaucoma and chronic pain. This means medical marijuana would benefit many patients suffering from chronic illness. Just to name a few Aids, Cancer, MS, and Alzheimer's. Many organizations are now coming out in support of marijuana for medicinal use. A number of medical organizations have endorsed allowing patients access to medical marijuana with their physicians' approval. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
* The American Medical Association
* The American College of Physicians America's second largest physicians group
* Leukemia & Lymphoma Society America's second largest cancer charity
* American Academy of Family Physicians
* American Alliance for Medical Cannabis
* American Public Health Association
* American Psychiatric Association
* American Nurses Association
* British Medical Association
* AIDS Action
* American Academy of HIV Medicine
* Lymphoma Foundation of America
* Health Canada
While cannabis for recreational use is illegal in most parts of the world, its use as a medicine is legal in a number of territories worldwide, including Canada, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Israel, Italy, Finland, and Portugal. In the United States, federal law outlaws all cannabis use, while permission for medical cannabis varies among states. Distribution is usually done within a framework defined by local laws.
This guide to common medical uses for cannabis is not meant in any way to be medical advice. No medicine, including cannabis, can replace what should be a healing relationship with a licensed health professional. Cannabis is not a miracle drug or cure, just an extremely helpful medicine for a wide variety of illnesses. We are not condoning the use of marijuana for recreational use, only as a medicinal drug.
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