Topical use of a cannabis liniment is far more effective than any pain medication and does not get one high but it isn't legal to use. It would prevent addiction because one never ingests anything. A few sprays – NO HIGH – NO PAIN – NO ADDICTION, except to living without pain. Topical use of a cannabis liniment spray stops the pain gallstones, bone spurs, nerve damage, gout, sprains, arthritis, and so much more. Just a few sprays, NO HIGH, NO PAIN, just pure relief. That would prevent a lot of addictions to pain pills. But if we can't use cannabis for medicine we can't use it topically either.
Recently I was asked, "If you only had 3 pieces of "empirical scientific data" to present in favor of de-scheduling cannabis off the Controlled Substances Act, which would they be? My Answer: THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/1/2.long
No one should be arrested for cannabis yet – According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports – The highest number of arrests were for drug abuse violations (estimated at 1,552,432 arrests), driving under the influence (estimated at 1,282,957), and larceny-theft (estimated at 1,282,352). The single most drug arrests were simply for Marijuana Possession: United States Total – 42.4% Northeast – 46.9% Midwest – 51.9% South – 51.0% West – 22.1%
As a Florida patient who has proven to the court that I need it or I will die as they watched me deteriorate to the point of near toxic death, over a two and a half year court ordeal, and witnessed the amazing recovery once allowed to use the medicine again, I have a complete understanding of the critical value of the nutraceutical, the medicine, and the nature of plant/human relationship. My body slowly over time shuts down starting with my digestive system. I set out to understand why the medicine worked so well for me so I could explain it to the court. What I learned was amazing, emotionally overwhelming, and life altering. Once you understand that our bodies use cannabinoids for everything and it is a necessary nutrient for the human body to function and that in it natural raw state it is nothing but health in an herb, how can one come to any other conclusion other than it should be legal to grow in every back yard on the planet, sold in the produce department of every grocery store, served commonly in salads and as a sandwich topping, and a glass of fresh raw cannabis juice a should be as common as a glass of orange juice or apple juice. As a population control measure one may want to continue the illegality of the plant, but then that is genocide, an unacceptable practice by any government isn’t it? Do we outlaw grapes because they can be made into wine? Pharmaceutical companies continue to manufacture new addictive deadly drugs at an alarming rate, yet no one seems concerned over that. Why should cannabis medicine be treated different from any other medicine? It is simply an herbal medicine that drug companies considered a waste of time knowing they can not patent it in it best form. I think that was a huge mistake on their part, they could be manufacturing and selling RSO capsules now and bring an end to cancer as we know it, had they taken it seriously. Now we have a new industry that will continue to make strides in healing the masses. We have American Medicine and it works for many, yet there are other widely accepted forms of medicine. Medical cannabis is considered holistic medicine in many areas of the country. It has always been a part of Ayurvedic, Chinese and Korean medicines. Cannabis was widely used as medicine in this nation until 1937. Now science understands the connection between the plant and humans, it is time the nation accepts cannabis medicine as a science. In addition to American Medicine we currently have Chiropractic, Holistic, Herbal and Ayurvedic medicine being practiced here. There is room for cannabis medicine, the practice of medicine based on the endocannabinoid system and using cannabis to treat it.
The mainstream news did not cover it, however, in early December the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) released the first installation of a two-part Cannabis monograph today that classifies cannabis (marijuana) as a botanical medicine, alongside many other widely accepted Complementary and Alternative Medicines.
The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia® develops qualitative and therapeutic monographs on botanicals, including many of the Ayurvedic, Chinese, and Western herbs most frequently used in the United States.
“These monographs represent the most comprehensive and critically reviewed body of information on herbal medicines in the English language, and serve as a primary reference for academicians, health care providers, manufacturers, and regulators”.
Hopefully that will ease your concerns about the pharmaceutical companies not being so involved. In addition, the pharmaceutical companies work with patented chemical medicines, cannabis does not fall into that category.
Once you realize the human body has an endocannabinoid system that uses cannabinoids produced by our own body to regulate homeostasis, the ability of internal conditions to remain stable and relatively constant, heal injuries, and regulate our body systems, you realize keeping the important nutraceutical of cannabinoids illegal is a form of genocide. Our bodies use cannabinoids fro every biological physiological event that occurs. Prohibitionists and the anti-cannabis leagues like Kevin Sabet are simply shills for the pharmaceutical industry to keep us slaves to chemical medical toxic poisons that kill people daily. Cannabis has never killed anyone.
The absolute best purpose for smoking cannabis is as an expectorant. For those who are allergic to guaifenesin, the expectorant used in most cough and cold medications, it can be a life saver. It can be the difference between suffocating on ones own mucus and coughing it out and opening the breathing airways. It can prevent pneumonia by allowing the mucus to be coughed out.
The other main reasons for smoking are almost instant relief and titration. If one is vomiting, eating is not always possible. Waiting 40 minutes to an hour or longer for something eaten to work doesn’t usually work when vomiting is involved because what was eaten usually gets thrown up, so a few puffs to stop the vomiting can be the best solution for the patient at the time.
For many patients a small amount is all they need. Parkinson’s patients report it takes 1 – 4 puffs generally to stop the tremors. By smoking it provides the relief almost instantly. They can titrate, use what they need, 1 puff at a time. You can’t do that so easily when eating something that takes 40 minutes to over an hour to work. Why should an elderly Parkinson’s patient or anyone with ailment that cause tremors or spasms, or vomiting have to wait for relief when it could be instantly?
Topical use of a cannabis liniment is far more effective than any pain medication and does not get one high but it isn't legal to use. It would prevent addiction because one never ingests anything. A few sprays – NO HIGH – NO PAIN – NO ADDICTION, except to living without pain. Topical use of a cannabis liniment spray stops the pain gallstones, bone spurs, nerve damage, gout, sprains, arthritis, and so much more. Just a few sprays, NO HIGH, NO PAIN, just pure relief. That would prevent a lot of addictions to pain pills. But if we can't use cannabis for medicine we can't use it topically either.
Recently I was asked, "If you only had 3 pieces of "empirical scientific data" to present in favor of de-scheduling cannabis off the Controlled Substances Act, which would they be?
My Answer:
THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/1/2.long
Role of the endocannabinoid system in food intake, energy homeostasis and regulation of the endocrine pancreas.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21055418
Antineoplastic and apoptotic effects of cannabinoids. N-acylethanolamines: protectors or killers?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18438336
No one should be arrested for cannabis yet –
According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports –
The highest number of arrests were for drug abuse violations (estimated at 1,552,432 arrests), driving under the influence (estimated at 1,282,957), and larceny-theft (estimated at 1,282,352).
The single most drug arrests were simply for Marijuana Possession:
United States Total – 42.4%
Northeast – 46.9% Midwest – 51.9% South – 51.0% West – 22.1%
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/persons-arrested/persons-arrested
The follow 2 articles may help put things in perspective.
What's Tylenol Doing to Our Minds?
The same pathways that help with physical pain seem to moderate existential distress.
James Hamblin Apr 18 2013,
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/04/whats-tylenol-doing-to-our-minds/275101/
Ask the Pharmacist
10 Drugs That May Cause Memory Loss
Are you having trouble remembering things? One of these meds may be the problem
by Dr. Armon B. Neel Jr., AARP, May 10, 2013
http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-05-2013/drugs-that-may-cause-memory-loss.2.html
As a Florida patient who has proven to the court that I need it or I will die as they watched me deteriorate to the point of near toxic death, over a two and a half year court ordeal, and witnessed the amazing recovery once allowed to use the medicine again, I have a complete understanding of the critical value of the nutraceutical, the medicine, and the nature of plant/human relationship. My body slowly over time shuts down starting with my digestive system. I set out to understand why the medicine worked so well for me so I could explain it to the court. What I learned was amazing, emotionally overwhelming, and life altering. Once you understand that our bodies use cannabinoids for everything and it is a necessary nutrient for the human body to function and that in it natural raw state it is nothing but health in an herb, how can one come to any other conclusion other than it should be legal to grow in every back yard on the planet, sold in the produce department of every grocery store, served commonly in salads and as a sandwich topping, and a glass of fresh raw cannabis juice a should be as common as a glass of orange juice or apple juice. As a population control measure one may want to continue the illegality of the plant, but then that is genocide, an unacceptable practice by any government isn’t it? Do we outlaw grapes because they can be made into wine? Pharmaceutical companies continue to manufacture new addictive deadly drugs at an alarming rate, yet no one seems concerned over that. Why should cannabis medicine be treated different from any other medicine? It is simply an herbal medicine that drug companies considered a waste of time knowing they can not patent it in it best form. I think that was a huge mistake on their part, they could be manufacturing and selling RSO capsules now and bring an end to cancer as we know it, had they taken it seriously. Now we have a new industry that will continue to make strides in healing the masses. We have American Medicine and it works for many, yet there are other widely accepted forms of medicine. Medical cannabis is considered holistic medicine in many areas of the country. It has always been a part of Ayurvedic, Chinese and Korean medicines. Cannabis was widely used as medicine in this nation until 1937. Now science understands the connection between the plant and humans, it is time the nation accepts cannabis medicine as a science. In addition to American Medicine we currently have Chiropractic, Holistic, Herbal and Ayurvedic medicine being practiced here. There is room for cannabis medicine, the practice of medicine based on the endocannabinoid system and using cannabis to treat it.
The mainstream news did not cover it, however, in early December the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) released the first installation of a two-part Cannabis monograph today that classifies cannabis (marijuana) as a botanical medicine, alongside many other widely accepted Complementary and Alternative Medicines.
The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia® develops qualitative and therapeutic monographs on botanicals, including many of the Ayurvedic, Chinese, and Western herbs most frequently used in the United States.
“These monographs represent the most comprehensive and critically reviewed body of information on herbal medicines in the English language, and serve as a primary reference for academicians, health care providers, manufacturers, and regulators”.
Hopefully that will ease your concerns about the pharmaceutical companies not being so involved. In addition, the pharmaceutical companies work with patented chemical medicines, cannabis does not fall into that category.
Once you realize the human body has an endocannabinoid system that uses cannabinoids produced by our own body to regulate homeostasis, the ability of internal conditions to remain stable and relatively constant, heal injuries, and regulate our body systems, you realize keeping the important nutraceutical of cannabinoids illegal is a form of genocide. Our bodies use cannabinoids fro every biological physiological event that occurs. Prohibitionists and the anti-cannabis leagues like Kevin Sabet are simply shills for the pharmaceutical industry to keep us slaves to chemical medical toxic poisons that kill people daily. Cannabis has never killed anyone.
The absolute best purpose for smoking cannabis is as an expectorant. For those who are allergic to guaifenesin, the expectorant used in most cough and cold medications, it can be a life saver. It can be the difference between suffocating on ones own mucus and coughing it out and opening the breathing airways. It can prevent pneumonia by allowing the mucus to be coughed out.
The other main reasons for smoking are almost instant relief and titration. If one is vomiting, eating is not always possible. Waiting 40 minutes to an hour or longer for something eaten to work doesn’t usually work when vomiting is involved because what was eaten usually gets thrown up, so a few puffs to stop the vomiting can be the best solution for the patient at the time.
For many patients a small amount is all they need. Parkinson’s patients report it takes 1 – 4 puffs generally to stop the tremors. By smoking it provides the relief almost instantly. They can titrate, use what they need, 1 puff at a time. You can’t do that so easily when eating something that takes 40 minutes to over an hour to work. Why should an elderly Parkinson’s patient or anyone with ailment that cause tremors or spasms, or vomiting have to wait for relief when it could be instantly?
Kevin Sabet, your facts are distorted!
This tool is a paid hack of Mr. Kennedy. His so-called "stats" are laughable. PhD??? He must have graduated from an online program.