Are there any proven benefits from cannabis for health

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

NO. Psychoactive Drug. Read the Definition of that. 

Zero Proven Benefits. Numerous Proven Negatives.

“ Gateway” to Hard Drugs. Dont Even Go There.......

Avoid also those Opoids........

[nobodysfriend]

On 7/12/2021 at 9:35 PM, saakura said:

No

Yes

[BritManToo]

16 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Proven mean blind testing placebo based peer reviewd scientific trials carried out as controlled tests.

Didn't that guy (complete fraud) who did the 'hockey stick' prove peer reviews were nonsense?

[elgenon]

Why the heck was I signed out of Thai Asean?

 

Anyway, my cousin has had esophagus cancer for years. The chemo keeps him nauseated. If it weren't for pot he would have no appetite. And would be dead. Is that significant enough?

 

I have used it for insomnia.

 

Study up. Different strains are beneficial in different ways. Be willing to learn. All pot is not the same. And, yes, certain strains are better at pain relief.

 

If someone just closes their minds to it, it's their loss. I don't care.

IMHO much healthier buzz than drinking.

 

One more note: pharmaceutical companies wage a war of disinformation about it. They don't want you to self-medicate. They want you to buy their expensive, unhealthy stuff.

 

Excellent to enhance the experience of bedding a beauty. Remember, alcohol is a downer and counter productive.

[brianthainess]

Some side affects may include Love of Reggae, and especially Scar music, becoming more artistic and creative, becoming more peaceful and relaxed, opening up your mind to new ideas, but the worst is growing dreadlocks in your hair.  

[pedro01]

On 7/12/2021 at 9:35 PM, saakura said:

No

Sad answer.

 

If you ever have a friend get constant shakes from MS - you would know a joint/oil stops it immediatelt

[KhunLA]

Do to it's calming, anti aggression effects, it keeps a lot of people out of prison.  

Edited June 25, 2022 by KhunLA

[grain]

Marijuana relaxes the stomach muscles and has been used to relieve pain with stomach cancer patients. Also (according to Peter Tosh) it's beneficial for glaucoma. 

[sumaterani]

 

The evidence for cannabidiol health benefits

CBD has been touted for a wide variety of health issues, but the strongest scientific evidence is for its effectiveness in treating some of the cruelest childhood epilepsy syndromes, such as Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), which typically don't respond well to antiseizure medications. In numerous studies, CBD was able to reduce the number of seizures, and, in some cases, stop them altogether. Epidiolex, which primarily consists of CBD, is the first cannabis-derived medicine approved by the FDA for these conditions.

Animal studies, and self-reports or research in humans, suggest CBD may also help with:

• Anxiety: Studies and clinical trials are exploring the common report that CBD can reduce anxiety.
• Insomnia: Studies suggest that CBD may help with both falling asleep and staying asleep, in part by helping address chronic pain and anxiety.
• Chronic pain: Increasingly, human studies are substantiating the claims that CBD helps control pain. One animal study from the European Journal of Pain suggests CBD could help lower pain and inflammation due to arthritis when applied to skin. Other research identifies how CBD may inhibit inflammatory and neuropathic pain, which are difficult to treat.
• Addiction: CBD can help lower cravings for tobacco and heroin under certain conditions, according to some research in humans. Animal models of addiction suggest it may also help lessen cravings for other addictive substances such as alcohol, cannabis, opiates, and stimulants.

Outside of the US, the prescription drug Sativex, which uses CBD as an active ingredient, is approved for muscle spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and for cancer pain. Within the US, Epidiolex is approved for certain types of epilepsy and tuberous sclerosis.

 

[Excerpts from health.harvard.edu by Dr. Peter Grinspoon, MD; a primary care physician, educator, and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital; an instructor at Harvard Medical School; and a certified health and wellness coach.]

[sumaterani]

 

The evidence for cannabidiol health benefits

CBD has been touted for a wide variety of health issues, but the strongest scientific evidence is for its effectiveness in treating some of the cruelest childhood epilepsy syndromes, such as Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), which typically don't respond well to antiseizure medications. In numerous studies, CBD was able to reduce the number of seizures, and, in some cases, stop them altogether. Epidiolex, which primarily consists of CBD, is the first cannabis-derived medicine approved by the FDA for these conditions.

Animal studies, and self-reports or research in humans, suggest CBD may also help with:

• Anxiety: Studies and clinical trials are exploring the common report that CBD can reduce anxiety.
• Insomnia: Studies suggest that CBD may help with both falling asleep and staying asleep, in part by helping address chronic pain and anxiety.
• Chronic pain: Increasingly, human studies are substantiating the claims that CBD helps control pain. One animal study from the European Journal of Pain suggests CBD could help lower pain and inflammation due to arthritis when applied to skin. Other research identifies how CBD may inhibit inflammatory and neuropathic pain, which are difficult to treat.
• Addiction: CBD can help lower cravings for tobacco and heroin under certain conditions, according to some research in humans. Animal models of addiction suggest it may also help lessen cravings for other addictive substances such as alcohol, cannabis, opiates, and stimulants.

Outside of the US, the prescription drug Sativex, which uses CBD as an active ingredient, is approved for muscle spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and for cancer pain. Within the US, Epidiolex is approved for certain types of epilepsy and tuberous sclerosis.

 

[Excerpts from health.harvard.edu by Dr. Peter Grinspoon, MD; a primary care physician, educator, and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital; an instructor at Harvard Medical School; and a certified health and wellness coach.]

[sumaterani]

 

The evidence for cannabidiol health benefits

CBD has been touted for a wide variety of health issues, but the strongest scientific evidence is for its effectiveness in treating some of the cruelest childhood epilepsy syndromes, such as Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), which typically don't respond well to antiseizure medications. In numerous studies, CBD was able to reduce the number of seizures, and, in some cases, stop them altogether. Epidiolex, which primarily consists of CBD, is the first cannabis-derived medicine approved by the FDA for these conditions.

Animal studies, and self-reports or research in humans, suggest CBD may also help with:

• Anxiety: Studies and clinical trials are exploring the common report that CBD can reduce anxiety.
• Insomnia: Studies suggest that CBD may help with both falling asleep and staying asleep, in part by helping address chronic pain and anxiety.
• Chronic pain: Increasingly, human studies are substantiating the claims that CBD helps control pain. One animal study from the European Journal of Pain suggests CBD could help lower pain and inflammation due to arthritis when applied to skin. Other research identifies how CBD may inhibit inflammatory and neuropathic pain, which are difficult to treat.
• Addiction: CBD can help lower cravings for tobacco and heroin under certain conditions, according to some research in humans. Animal models of addiction suggest it may also help lessen cravings for other addictive substances such as alcohol, cannabis, opiates, and stimulants.

Outside of the US, the prescription drug Sativex, which uses CBD as an active ingredient, is approved for muscle spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and for cancer pain. Within the US, Epidiolex is approved for certain types of epilepsy and tuberous sclerosis.

 

[Excerpts from health.harvard.edu by Dr. Peter Grinspoon, MD; a primary care physician, educator, and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital; an instructor at Harvard Medical School; and a certified health and wellness coach.]

[sumaterani]

 

The evidence for cannabidiol health benefits

CBD has been touted for a wide variety of health issues, but the strongest scientific evidence is for its effectiveness in treating some of the cruelest childhood epilepsy syndromes, such as Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), which typically don't respond well to antiseizure medications. In numerous studies, CBD was able to reduce the number of seizures, and, in some cases, stop them altogether. Epidiolex, which primarily consists of CBD, is the first cannabis-derived medicine approved by the FDA for these conditions.

Animal studies, and self-reports or research in humans, suggest CBD may also help with:

• Anxiety: Studies and clinical trials are exploring the common report that CBD can reduce anxiety.
• Insomnia: Studies suggest that CBD may help with both falling asleep and staying asleep, in part by helping address chronic pain and anxiety.
• Chronic pain: Increasingly, human studies are substantiating the claims that CBD helps control pain. One animal study from the European Journal of Pain suggests CBD could help lower pain and inflammation due to arthritis when applied to skin. Other research identifies how CBD may inhibit inflammatory and neuropathic pain, which are difficult to treat.
• Addiction: CBD can help lower cravings for tobacco and heroin under certain conditions, according to some research in humans. Animal models of addiction suggest it may also help lessen cravings for other addictive substances such as alcohol, cannabis, opiates, and stimulants.

Outside of the US, the prescription drug Sativex, which uses CBD as an active ingredient, is approved for muscle spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and for cancer pain. Within the US, Epidiolex is approved for certain types of epilepsy and tuberous sclerosis.

 

[Excerpts from health.harvard.edu by Dr. Peter Grinspoon, MD; a primary care physician, educator, and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital; an instructor at Harvard Medical School; and a certified health and wellness coach.]

[sumaterani]

 

The evidence for cannabidiol health benefits

CBD has been touted for a wide variety of health issues, but the strongest scientific evidence is for its effectiveness in treating some of the cruelest childhood epilepsy syndromes, such as Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), which typically don't respond well to antiseizure medications. In numerous studies, CBD was able to reduce the number of seizures, and, in some cases, stop them altogether. Epidiolex, which primarily consists of CBD, is the first cannabis-derived medicine approved by the FDA for these conditions.

Animal studies, and self-reports or research in humans, suggest CBD may also help with:

• Anxiety: Studies and clinical trials are exploring the common report that CBD can reduce anxiety.
• Insomnia: Studies suggest that CBD may help with both falling asleep and staying asleep, in part by helping address chronic pain and anxiety.
• Chronic pain: Increasingly, human studies are substantiating the claims that CBD helps control pain. One animal study from the European Journal of Pain suggests CBD could help lower pain and inflammation due to arthritis when applied to skin. Other research identifies how CBD may inhibit inflammatory and neuropathic pain, which are difficult to treat.
• Addiction: CBD can help lower cravings for tobacco and heroin under certain conditions, according to some research in humans. Animal models of addiction suggest it may also help lessen cravings for other addictive substances such as alcohol, cannabis, opiates, and stimulants.

Outside of the US, the prescription drug Sativex, which uses CBD as an active ingredient, is approved for muscle spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and for cancer pain. Within the US, Epidiolex is approved for certain types of epilepsy and tuberous sclerosis.

 

[Excerpts from health.harvard.edu by Dr. Peter Grinspoon, MD; a primary care physician, educator, and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital; an instructor at Harvard Medical School; and a certified health and wellness coach.]

[amexpat]

On 7/13/2021 at 12:44 PM, The Hammer2021 said:

Treatment not cured and YES I MENTIONED EPILEPSY..but generally it's all fake news. The greatest natural drug is heroin and other opiates which big pharma and the church and the left hate.

Are you stoned now?  How did you manage to get "the left" linked in with big pharma and the church. 
Are you high on MAGA?

[wombat]

over 2000 years of info on weed and this question is asked FMD!
dont feed the troll

[wombat]

18 hours ago, amexpat said:

Are you stoned now?  How did you manage to get "the left" linked in with big pharma and the church. 
Are you high on MAGA?

high on Troll mode

[ChaiyaTH]

3 hours ago, wombat said:

high on Troll mode

Guess you're the one who is high with 2 others. You guys replied to a topic from 2021/2022. I'll join then:

 

So far, solid studies suggest that these chemicals can:

• Control vomiting in people undergoing cancer chemotherapy. Drugs based on two lab-made forms of THC are FDA-approved for this purpose.
• Modestly reduce pain in people with conditions such as nerve damage, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
• Reduce muscle spasms in people with multiple sclerosis. (There's less evidence it helps muscle spasms in people with spinal cord injuries).

In addition, there's some evidence that medical marijuana might:

• Improve sleep in the short term for people with obstructive sleep apnea, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, or multiple sclerosis.
• Increase appetite and decrease weight loss in people with HIV and AIDS.
• Reduce tics in people with Tourette's syndrome.
• Reduce anxiety in people with social anxiety disorder.
• Improve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

There's not enough evidence to say whether medical marijuana works or not for many other conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome, Parkinson's disease, and addiction to other substances.

In some cases, the limited evidence available suggests it doesn't help. That's the case with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. That's also the case with glaucoma, an eye disease that can be caused by increased pressure in the eyes. Marijuana might lower the pressure briefly, but not as long as effective drugs do.

Edited April 11 by ChaiyaTH