... of marijuana. And because marijuana does not impair breathing, Grinspoon recommends the drug as a means of easing childbirth. A California study showed that smoking marijuana reduced the damaging pressure inside the eye caused by glaucoma. A pharmacologist for the U.S. FDA, Denis Petro's 1981 study showed that oral THC reduced spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis. In the case of scleroderma, a condition that turns ... marijuana under direction of a doctor may be appropriate for certain conditions. Harold Allen, a 53 year old Santa Cruz man diagnosed with pancreatic and liver can...

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... expedite the healing process. Marijuana also has shown to be beneficial in patient's suffering from the eye condition known as glaucoma. Glaucoma is a disorder that results from an imbalance of eye pressure, leading to blurred vision. If the eye produces too much of the internal fluid that keeps eye pressure, or if the channels to which the fluid flows are blocked, the increasing pressure ... the time. Furthermore, these drugs have terrible side effects including bone softening, reduced production of red blood cells, swelling of the gums, and emotional changes. Overdoses can cause rapid...

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... , allowed me to sleep properly, and helped control my bladder."" Marijuana also proved to be effective in the treatment of glaucoma because its use lowers pressure on the eye. Glaucoma is an eye disease that afflicts more than four million Americans and is the leading cause of blindness in the United States. According to the National Society for Prevention of Blindness, there ... ages but is most often found among those over 65. The most common form of glaucoma is chronic or open-angle glaucoma. It is characterized by increased pressure within the eye (intraocular pressure or IOP) which ...

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... allows patients to administer the desired amount. Marijuana can be used to treat glaucoma. Glaucoma is a disease that increases the pressure within the eye and eventually can lead to blindness. Marijuana can reduce the pressure within the eye.22 The downside however, is that is may also reduce blood flow to the optic nerve, which can exacerbate the loss of vision. The ... reduced blood flow to the optic nerve is less serious to the side-effects of other leading conventional treatments. Beta-blocker eye drops, a more conventional treatment for glaucoma, can cause sluggishness and sometim...

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... , allowed me to sleep properly, and helped control my bladder." Marijuana also proved to be effective in the treatment of glaucoma because its use lowers pressure on the eye. Glaucoma is an eye disease that afflicts more than four million Americans and is the leading cause of blindness in the United States. According to the National Society for Prevention of Blindness, there ... ages but is most often found among those over 65. The most common form of glaucoma is chronic or open-angle glaucoma. It is characterized by increased pressure within the eye (intraocular pressure or IOP) which c...

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... , allowed me to sleep properly, and helped control my bladder." Marijuana also proved to be effective in the treatment of glaucoma because its use lowers pressure on the eye.Glaucoma is an eye disease that afflicts more than four million Americans and is the leading cause of blindness in the United States. According to the National Society for Prevention of Blindness, there ... ages but is most often found among those over 65. The most common form of glaucoma is chronic or open-angle glaucoma. It is characterized by increased pressure within the eye (intraocular pressure or IOP) which ca...

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... , marijuana will undergo close scrutiny by the FDA, therefore making it "safer." (Battle & Pinkston, 2013) agrees, "If marijuana is legalized, the marijuana producers will be under the eye of the law, and what they grow will be solely marijuana plants. Users buying marijuana from a legal producer will not fear it being laced with any such chemicals. Thus, it ... ...

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... with various drugs, is offered openly to the public. This is a familiar scene at raves and security usually takes no steps in preventing it. Raves are known for having a blind eye approach to drug taking and drug dealing The past two years, Ecstasy has also been practiced in urban areas, especially in college towns. Many college fraternities use the drug as ... ...

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... smoked marijuana- (Cloud 64). The possibility of long term damage to a marijuana user's brain is slim to none. Can marijuana shut a person's brain down? Marijuana can not turn people brain dead after smoking continuously. Every year, thousands of people die from an overdose of alcohol, but it is still legal. Is it possible for a person to die from smoking too much ... ...

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... smoked marijuana- (Cloud 64). The possibility of long term damage to a marijuana user's brain is slim to none. Can marijuana shut a person's brain down? Marijuana can not turn people brain dead after smoking continuously. Every year, thousands of people die from an overdose of alcohol, but it is still legal. Is it possible for a person to die from smoking too much ... ...

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