Marijuana is a drug that has been in the news a lot lately. After spending decades being severely denounced as a dangerous drug with no medicinal values that was prominently featured in the war on drugs, the times have changes.Many states have changed laws to permit the use of medical marijuana while a few others have changed laws to allow it to be sold openly, over the counter, to anyone who is 21 or over and has a valid identification card. Indeed times are changing and smoking a joint or using weed is now being recognized for its many beneficial uses.
When it comes to drug abuse, marijuana is not a huge concern.Only about 10% of users fall under the category of drug abuse and those usually have many other drugs that they also abuse. While most other drugs (and alcohol) carry the risk of overdose, there have been no cases of people overdosing on marijuana. Marijuana has also been debunked as a gateway drug.
Marijuana has many amazing medicinal benefits with more people discovered everyday. Marijuana is very useful for patients with glaucoma.It is also incredibly effective with the nausea that chemo patients suffer with. One of the best medicinal uses of weed is when it is used with people dealing with incapacitating seizures.
A special strain that is low on THC (which doesn't cause a high) is exceptional in reducing seizures in humans. Many patients go from hundreds of seizures a day or month to only a few with the help of marijuana. These patients have been able to resume normal lives due to marijuana.
But if you or someone you know, has an obvious addiction to marijuana, help is available. They can be treated and enroll in programs that will help them deal with the issues that got them addicted in the firsts place.
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