what are some diseases or conditions that are treated with medicinal marijuana?

4 Comments

1. Greggha says:

   September 13, 2010 at 5:09 am

   Multiple Sclerosis, Glaucoma, Arthritis, and a few more.

2. sigurj says:

   September 14, 2010 at 4:26 pm

   Glaucoma, general pain relief, arthritis, depression (although in my experience, it only makes you happier when you’re already happy), asthma (when THC is ingested), nausea and vomiting, uncontrollable weight loss. The list goes on…

3. futuredoc says:

   September 15, 2010 at 1:50 pm

   well in diferent eras marijuna was used to treat different conditions
   in ancient china it was used to treat vomiting and hemmoraging
   in ancient egypt it was used to treat hemmeroids
   in ancient india it was used for insomnia, headaches, gastrointestinal disorders, and the pain of childbirth
   in the mideival islamic world it was used as a diuretic, aniteleptic, antiinflammatory and pain killer
   in the 1800s it was sued to treat muscle spasms, stomach cramps and general pain
   it was than used as a primary pain reliever until asprin was invented
   it was also used to treat melancholy, and migraines, as an anticonvulsant, analgesic and to help fall asleep
   In the 1970’s and on it was discoverfed that ot was good for preventing muscle spasms caused by spinal injuries, its more current use is preventing the wasting sydromes and chronic loss of appetite from chemotherapy and aids and other muscle and skeletal disorders. it also has been used less commonly to treat alcholism and addiction to other drugs like heroin , and also to prevent migraines. it also has been specualted that it can prevent atheresclerosis
   Mainly they are useful in the treatment of a wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, like stroke or trauma or neurodegenrative diseases like alzheimers, parkinsons, and HIV dementia

4. bigfootlives says:

   September 20, 2010 at 1:14 pm

   There are hundreds of medical uses for marijuana.

   Here is a link to a list of research showing a lot of uses (you will be surprised by a lot of them):