Glaucoma brings increased pressure in the eyeball causing damage to the optic nerve which ultimately leads to loss of vision. Robert J. DeLorenzo from Virginia Commonwealth University, performed a study in which he gave marijuana extract to epileptic rats. This study led to the conclusion that marijuana extract stopped the rats from having seizures for about 10 hours. Another study in 2006 led by Kim Janda supports the idea that marijuana can also slow the progression of alzheimer 's disease, which currently has no cure. Studies have also shown that the all natural plant can treat glaucoma, relieve arthritis, control epileptic seizures, help with Crohn 's disease, and help people struggling with PTSD.…
Teaching point: For patients with chronic ocular conditions, patient re-education is key. ____’s condition is consistent with wet macular degeneration. Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of legal blindness in North Americans 65 years of age or older. AMD is divided into two types: dry (also known as “nonexudative” or “non-neovascular”) and wet (also called “exudative” or “neovascular”).…
Glaucoma is a common eye condition in which the fluid pressure inside the eye rises to a level higher than healthy eye. If untreated, it may damage the optic nerve, causing the loss of vision or even blindness. The body system directly affected is the nervous system. Glaucoma directly attacks the eyes, which are responsible for viewing the world and then transmitting this information to the brain. This affects the body to make an expected response.…
The patients were suffering from different types of chronic pains. The study proved that treatment for glaucoma, chronic musculoskeletal pain, spasm and nausea, and spasticity of multiple sclerosis was effective. The patients that were treated was all in stable condition which suggests that cannabis can be used safely and effectively as medicine. Also, because the conditions of the patients were stable, it means that they do not need pharmaceutical drugs which is a cost benefit. (Chronic Cannabus Use in the compassionate investigational new drug program Ethan Russoa, Mary Lynn Mathreb, Al Byrneb, Robert Velina, Paul J. Bacha, Juan Sanchez-Ramosc & Kristin A. Kirlind pages 3-57)…
Marijuana has several street names such as: hash, pot, weed, or even known as blunts. This drug has a short and long-term health effect to enhance an individuals’ sensory perception, euphoria, relaxation, appetite, pain reliever, glaucoma, and terminal ill cancer patients. On the reverse side, it may cause balance and coordination issues, and when interacting with alcohol it alters the perception of time, induce the heart rate, increase a person’s blood pressure. Besides other health problems may arise pertaining to learning and memory deficiency issues, hallucination, anxiety, panic attacks, and psychosis. Therefore, long-term issue may include mental health, chronic cough, and respiratory issues.…
For years the government has lead the American people to believe that the plant is unhealthy and have instilled the idea that marijuana is just as bad as any drug you can find on the streets. Recent studies have since found that it is not the harmful drug that we once believed it to be. Researchers have found evidence that the use of marijuana helps Glaucoma by reducing eye pressure, helps with nausea in cancer patients, prevent epileptic seizures, and even alleviate muscle…
People who have diseases and are using medical marijuana say that smoking marijuana helps set aside the pain. Also smoking helps with nausea, vomiting, sleep, and it also puts people in a better mood. Some diseases that medical marijuana is helpful for is Glaucoma, Epileptic Seizures, Cancer, Anxiety, Alzheimer 's and many more. A seven year old girl in Oregon named Mykayla Comstock uses medical marijuana to help ease the pain coming from the chemotherapy that she is doing to help with the cancer she has. Mykayla 's mother says that the marijuana helps to ease the effects of her chemotherapy, sleep through the night, and stomach meals (Ross, Winston 1).…
Medical Marijuana Legalization Recently, Medical marijuana has been a big controversy. The government has been debating whether or not they should legalize it. As of right now the congress have left states to decide.…
Long term effects of marijuana use mainly attacks the heart and lungs, causes loss of memory, and decrease IQ ("Health risks of marijuana use"). With the short term effects which alters the senses of the users, it would make…
Marijuana is medically used for pain relief, eating disorders, insomnia, and anxiety. It is also used for numerous other conditions. Marijuana is the only known medication to provide relief to cancer patients and actually kill cancer cells. Debatable drawbacks are laziness, worsened previous conditions, decrease in IQ and hallucinations. The only evidence to support an 8% decrease in IQ is when continuously used for a period of more than 40 years.…
There have been some animal studies for epilepsy patients that has proposed that THC and its psychoactive chemicals in cannabis help with seizures. Glaucoma patients have found that smoking marijuana helps with the pressure inside the eyes. HIV/AIDs patients have shown weight gain twice as much as those that were given a placebo. Cannabis has also helped MS patients by decreasing muscle stiffness and helped with pain. Speaking of pain, it helps with the perception of pain and reduces chronic…
Writings from ancient India confirm that its psychoactive properties were recognized, and doctors used it for a variety of illnesses and ailments. Marijuana can reduce the nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting from the condition itself and the medications as well. Marijuana relieves the internal eye pressure of glaucoma, with relieving the pain and slowing or even stopping the condition. Many side effects of the medication to stop cancer can be relieved with medical cannabis, some studies suggest that Marijuana tends to slow down the progress of some types of cancer. Muscle pain, spasticity, tremors and unsteadiness are some of the effects caused by the disease that can be relieved by Marijuana in some patients, epileptic seizures can be prevented with Marijuana use.…
Marijuana comes from the dried leaves, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. Marijuana is a common street drug and is often used for recreational purposes. People can smoke marijuana or they can add the drug to food or tea. People uses marijuana for recreational purposes but people also use marijuana for medical purposes. Marijuana should be legalized because of its medical purposes, for beneficial effects, economical purposes, and crime.…
Marijuana has been used for medicinal purposes for nearly 5,000 years and has been used to heal simple disorders like nausea, glaucoma, motion sickness, and pain relief. There are thousands of patients, today, that are able to use marijuana medically as an effective method of treatment for a handful of ailments. Cannabis can also be used recreationally. When smoked, the user becomes euphoric – a feeling that anyone appreciates (Marijuana). It can ease one of their anxiety and relax them from their worries.…
Thesis Statement: Medical marijuana has many medical benefits warranting its legalization, which include eliminating visual haloes produced by glaucoma, controlling intraocular pressure, cough suppression, as well as the treatment of asthma, depression, pain, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, peripheral neuropathy and muscle spasticity in conditions such as multiple sclerosis. AIDS, and cancer. I. Background Information- Cannabis sativa, or marijuana as we have come know, has been around for five millennia and used medically throughout the world to treat many medical ailments, which include pain, whooping cough, asthma and anxiety. A.…