Help Bipolar Disease & Other Problems With Medical Marijuana
Marijuana has been shown to help control bipolar disease symptoms. A study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry found that people with bipolar disorder who used marijuana had fewer mood swings and were less likely to experience psychosis than those who did not use marijuana.
The study’s authors say that the findings suggest that marijuana may be a useful treatment for bipolar disorder. “This is the first study to show that marijuana can actually help stabilize someone’s mood,” said lead author Dr. Zachary Kaminsky.
Kaminsky and his colleagues looked at data from 2,531 adults with bipolar disorder who participated in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The participants were asked about their use of, alcohol, and other drugs.
The study found that people who used medical marijuana card Boston had fewer mood swings and were less likely to experience psychosis than those who did not use marijuana.
Marijuana is not a cure for bipolar disorder, but it may help control the symptoms of the disease. “Marijuana should not be used as a first-line treatment for bipolar disorder, but it may be helpful for some people with the condition,” said Kaminsky.
If you are struggling with bipolar disorder, you may want to consider using marijuana to help control your symptoms. Talk to your doctor about whether marijuana is a good treatment for you.
Can Teenagers Have Medical Marijuana?
A common myth is that teenagers are much more susceptible to the harmful effects of drugs such as nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, and especially marijuana than adults . This is false! Research shows that while adolescents do use these substances at an earlier age (12 vs 18) once they initiate use, they actually consume less of it and stop sooner than adults. The biggest problem with teens and weed is that they don’t often know the potency is much higher than it used to be, and therefore smoke more. In fact, marijuana is about 5-10x stronger now than in 1974. Although a lot of teens do this without knowing.
The majority of my friends started drinking and smoking around 12-13 years old, some sooner. I personally started at around 14-15. Now that I’m older (20 almost 21), the health risks are very real and so is the addiction potential (at least in alcohol). The addictive potential for marijuana isn’t even close to alcohol or tobacco/cigerettes considering how many people use them everyday without getting addicted!
I think if we could somehow instill this idea into teenagers heads about why using medical marijuana card Boston is better at an earlier age and might make it easier for them to get away from other substances later on when they start working, and have to make a decision about what to do while at work.
Will Medical Marijuana Harm The Society?
The government should stop defining what a medicine is for every individual person, because that decision should be left up to who it concerns the most – the person who has an injury or ailment. The only risk to legalizing medical marijuana card Boston would be its abuse for recreational use, but if they legalized it and regulated it in a manner like they do cigarettes and alcohol there wouldn’t be much issue with people taking advantage of its legalization. In my opinion, legalizing marijuana will not harm society more than keeping it illegal because currently, our laws are actually doing more harm than good.
A study conducted at a Portland Oregon hospital found significantly reduced vomiting and nausea in chemo patients when compared to those given placebo’s during their treatment (Donald Abrams et al., 2003). Another study out of Holland supports this study with varying results. It found that after comparing 57 cancer patients who received THC spray to a traditional prescription drug there was a 30% drop in the number of vomiting incidents for those given THC; however, these results were not statistically significant. The study did find a slight increase in appetite for those who had used THC when compared to placebo (Jansen & Ekert, 2013).
Another benefit of using marijuana medically is reduced pain from chemotherapy treatments. Many patients have reported less effects from their “bad days” when they were given marijuana along with their chemo drugs. This is due to the fact that cannabinoids bind directly to CB1 receptors thus reducing pain signals and therefore alleviating the negative side effects of chemo treatments (Russo, 2011). In one particular case documented by Abrams et al., 2003 it shows that 83% of patients using cannabis reported positive benefits while receiving chemotherapy. Overall, medical marijuana card Boston holders are less likely to develop mouth sores and nausea in addition to having a better appetite (Russo, 2011).