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Medical marijuana has numerous advantages. Weed is a natural herb the reputation of which has been being undermined by smearing campaigns for many years. However, if you start to dig deeper, you will realize that, in fact, there is a lot of benefits the herb can provide you with. Apart from the medical benefits, weed has other numerous advantages. One of them is that weed in its cannabis form can be used to manufacture quite powerful cloth. Cannot help but mention, that while President George H.W. Bush was openly against weed legalization. But according to the irony of fate, the hated by him herb was the one to save his life in World War II.  You must be wondering how. The parachute that saves his life had lines made of which material? Yes, exactly, that was weed.
However, we are not here to discuss in which way marijuana can be used, but rather to take a closer look at health benefits the herb features. Medical marijuana possesses numerous benefits which is the main reason to validate it on the territory of the US or elsewhere.

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History Of the herb

It is difficult to define where exactly the history of marijuana begins. It has been used for centuries as a remedy for various ailments. The dominant characteristics of the herb make it effective for nausea reduction, especially postoperative, and pain treatment.

Weed was already popular and widely spread amongst Taiwanese aborigines as early as 10,000 years ago. Shen-Nung, the emperor of the land, discovered the hale of marijuana way back in 2737 BC. These days marijuana is one of the most widely used herbs in traditional Chinese medicine.
Marijuana also received recognition in ancient Egypt, Greece, and India. One of the ways of using weed was to dull pain during the act of delivery! In ancient Greece, marijuana was mainly used for wounds dressing on animals. Except that, weed was utilized for treating nose bleedings and getting rid of tapeworms in people. In Ancient Egypt the herb was used as a remedy for hemorrhoid pain.
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Even though cannabis was forbidden in the majority of states for a long period of time, by mid-2014, marijuana became legal in 23 states.
Benefits Medical Marijuana Possesses
Weed can serve as a cure for various diseases. Let us have a close look at some of them:

1.Glaucoma: The main symptoms this eye disease causes are high pressure in the eyeball which results in damage to the optic nerve and vision loss. A researched conducted in 1970 by the National Eye Institute have proven then marijuana smoked in moderate quantity by those suffering from glaucoma, helps reduce the pressure back to normal. Constant usage of weed decelerates the disease progression and prevents blindness caused by it.
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2. Lung health: A great damage is inflicted upon the lugs of those addicted to consuming tobacco. Even though using marijuana is also classified as a form of smoking, medical weed has been proven to be not only completely harmless for the lungs, but also assist in increasing lung capacity.

3. Epilepsy: This disease is more than just dangerous. An experiment conducted on rats at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003 showed weed extract helped spare animals of seizures for over 10 hours. This is due to THC which is famous for its ability to control brain cells responsible for irritability and relaxation.

4. Dravet’s Syndrome: The main symptoms this disease causes are arrested development and constant seizures. There is a documentary called Weed in which a family reveals the story of their five-year-old daughter suffering from Dravet’s Syndrome. The girl would experience up to 300 seizures a week, but having received cannabidiol treatment, the number if seizures dropped to one seizure every 7 days. Forty other kids struggling with the same symptoms also experienced a drastic decrease in the number of seizures.

5. Cancer: In the article above we have already discussed that weed is an effective remedy for postoperative nausea such as chemotherapy, but in fact, marijuana can also assist in preventing cancer cells from further spreading. A research done at the California Pacific Medical Center in 2007 reported that weed possesses a chemical called CBD which eliminates the risk of cancer cells increasing in an organism. Cannabidiol is capable of turning off a specific gene which cancer cells require in order to duplicate themselves.

6. Alzheimer’s Disease: Is classified as one of the most spread diseases of the 21st century primarily experienced by older people. A researched done at Scripps Research Institute in 2006 reported that TCH decelerates the amyloid plaque formations. Those are the formations eliminating brain cells, hence boosting the development of Alzheimer’s.

7. Leeuwenhoek’s Disease: Marijuana can help treat the never-ending fluttering and spasms in the bowel, which are the main discomforts caused by Leeuwenhoek’s. Providing one uses weed for a long period of time, it has a better curing effect than prescribed treatment. The feeling of release comes immediately after weed consumption.

8. Hepatitis C: The illness itself is very harsh, and the treatment is even harsher since it comes laden with numerous side effects which are quite durable, in fact, consequences of treatment might stay there until the end of life. Cannabis was proven to be highly effective at curing hepatitis C. Apart from that, weed also facilitates the effectiveness of other drugs. More than a half of those struggling with hepatitis C reported that after smoking marijuana their viral level was reduced greatly and that they were able to sustain it in this condition keeping it low.

9. Inflammatory Bowel Disease:  This disease, if not taken care of on time, might get to a new level and turn into a Crohn’s disease. However, Inflammatory Bowel Disease is very responsive to cannabis treatment. A research conducted at the University of Nottingham in the year 2010 reported that cannabidiol, as well as THC present in marijuana, can have control over cells in a human’s organism, which regulate the performance of our guts, abdomen and plays a significant role in sustaining our immune system. The TCH was proven to heighten the permeability of the guts, which creates an entrance for the proper bacteria. Speaking of Crohn’s Disease, cannabis is capable of curing this disease, too. There was a study which took place in Israel. The study proves that constant weed usage can spare of the symptoms produced by Crohn’s Disease in 10 of 11 patients. In five patients marijuana was reported to cause complete elimination of the disease.

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10. Arthritis: Out joints begin to hurt as we are aging. However, another form of joint might be a lifesaver here. An experiment done in 2016 showed that cannabis can relieve the symptoms in patients struggling with arthritis by a great margin. A few volunteers situated in different hospitals were taking painkillers based on cannabinoid for two weeks. After 14 days patients stated feeling a drastic reduction in pain intensity as well as sleep improvement in comparison with those patients who were given placebo.
11. Lupus: An enormously severe disease, but weed has been proven to relieve the symptoms of it. Some of the components present in cannabis have a sedating effect the immune system, which helps fight the symptoms of Lupus.

12. Parkinson’s Disease: The risk of having this disease increases with age. Another study conducted in Israel announced that weed consumption can abate pain and tremulousness caused by from Parkinson’s and at the same time enhance the motor skills.

13. Stroke: Those going through a stroke have high chances if having their brain severely damaged. Once you have a stroke, there is a probability of strokes reoccurring several times the result of which might be even lethal. Surprisingly enough, a survey conducted at the University of Nottingham has discovered that weed can serve as a a protective measure against brain damage when having a stroke. Weed protects the brain by reducing the impacted area from the stroke. There have been also other experiments which advanced a theory that weed can assist in protecting the brain from almost any kind of physical trauma, such as, for instance, concussion. A study which was published in Cerebral Cortex revealed that weed assisted in healing the bruising which occurred on the upper part of a brain as a complication after a concussion. There have been many suggestions which proposed that NFL stops to test for weed since it has a wonderful ability to help the brain recover from traumas. NFL Commissioner Goodell even made an announcement that he would let athletes consume weed if the study can back it up.

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14. Nightmares: This condition can be hardly classified as a disease, but nightmares which occur on a constant basis might lead to a psychological disorders and disabilities. A few studies have discovered that since weed has the ability of influencing a sleep pattern, it can also spare one of falling into a deep sleep, which is the main cause of nightmares. On the other hand, it might as well cause weakness and make one feel debilitated. In spite of that, the majority still consider it to be an effective remedy for disorders caused by stress. Medical weed is becoming valid throughout the country and people are grateful for its wonderful abilities which help cope with health issues. These days the herb seems to start gaining acknowledgement. Marijuana acquired the name “a wonder plant” due to its ability to assist in treating health problems and deal with some other aspects of our lives. While the herb is sometimes seen as a drug of social outcasts, it might be a way of treatment for the ones needing it.