Medical Marijuana Medical Conditions

Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician and Toxicologist.

U.S. states that have legalized the medical use of marijuana Courtesy: NORML

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The disparate medical conditions for which marijuana/cannabis is effective is astonishing. It must mean that many of the physiological and/or pharmacological effects are on cell membranes despite the fact that there are at least two different receptors, CB-1 and CB-2. Cannabis seems to work everywhere.

The California law, Proposition 215, which launched the legal medical marijuana programs in the U.S. states, in part, that patients have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes where that medical use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician who has determined that the persons health would benefit from the use of marijuana in the treatment of cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief. The last part of this paragraph has been found to be the most protective for both physicians and patients, and California physicians have found cannabis to be efficacious for many other diseases.

The medical marijuana journal/newspaper O’Shaughnessy, spring 2004, lists the following conditions for which the California physicians found marijuana use to be effective: (1) AIDS wasting syndrome, (2) arthritis, osteo- and rheumatoid, (3) asthma (while not burning cannabis), (4) Crohn’s disease/inflammatory bowel disease, (5) depression, (6) mental illness--schizophrenia (pro and con articles have been reported), (7) degenerative neural diseases, (8) eating disorders/anorexia, (9) epilepsy/seizures, (10) glaucoma, (11) intractable breathlessness, (12) migraine, (13) multiple sclerosis, (14) nausea and vomiting, (15) obstetric problems (dysmenorrheal, morning sickness, uterine bleeding, and antimiscarriage), (16) pain, of all types, (17) phantom limb pain, (18) tumors ( blockade of a carcinogenesis enzyme), and (19) withdrawal symptoms of alcoholism, morphinism, cocaine addiction, chloral hydrate addiction, etc. (and probably tobacco addiction).

California physicians have tried it for many other conditions on the basis that their patients told them it was effective. Some of them are: anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, brain trauma, ADD, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, panic attacks, Tourettes syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux, ulcerative colitis, gastritis, ulcers, celiac disease, pancreatitis, diverticulitis, lupus, spondylitis, scleroderma, psoriatic arthritis, interstital cystitis, Sjogrens, chronic fatigue, Bechets syndrome, polymyalgia rheumatica, optic neuritis, Lou Gehrigs disease, Parkinsons, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, senile dementia, sleep apnea, COPD, chronic sinusitis, and psoriasis.

It appears that the patients have become the practical pharmacologists because it is certain that no physician would have the therapeutic courage to try marijuana de novo for any of these last-mentioned diseases.

It reminds me what Dr. William Osler said, “The patient will tell you what’s wrong with them—and what works.”

It will take awhile before American physicians will be wise enough or brave enough to try the long used and broadly successful marijuana/cannabis as a first choice medicine.

I predict it will happen
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Phillip Leveque is a physician, toxicologist and WWII Combat Infantryman. Watch for his video question and answer segments about medical marijuana with Bonnie King.
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@UpSetTummy I am Catholic, but God does not want you to suffer. In my belief, Jesus has already felt your pain when he died on the cross. He did this so he would understand what you are feeling. I know you may feel wrong for smoking weed, but your not doing it for the wrong reason. God does not want you to suffer for him. He wants you to love him and believe in him. Pray to God and you will get the answer you desire and that answer is to smoke.

I live in ohio,and am currently on morphine and oxycodone.I am addicted to both of them,and I tyake them for cronic back pain.I have 3 herniated discs spinal stenosis,and degenerative disc disease.I already have liver damage from these meds.Who says these drugs are better for me than pot is?

Editor: Chad, you can't use profanity here, OK?

I used to smoke marijuana because I always had persistent abdominal pain doctors later diagnosed as gastritis. Whenever I smoked marijuana, there was no pain. Because my religious scholars have said marijuana was a drug and I shouldn't use it, I stopped. Even though in my religion (Islam) Muslim physicians use marijuana as a treatment for different ailments. Ever since I stopped, my pain has come back...Nexium, Protonix and Zantac do not work well for me. After an ultrasound and MRI doctors did find inflammation of my stomach. I'm really confused because #1 I never used the marijuana to get high, only to get relief. #2 It actually is the only thing I have used that actually worked quite well and didn't cost a fortune like nexium and protonix...for me these drugs cost $182 for only 20 pills. I could smoke only one joint (about $.50) a day and get all day relief which means I'd only spend $15 or so a month and it worked, but my religious scholars have deemed it an intoxicant which I cannot use despite Islamic Sharia saying we are judged on intention. My intention is medicine, but they think I'm trying to make excuses despite my medical evidences. SO, now I'm forced to suffer everyday of my life. My diet consists of boring foods which has not change my situation. Sometimes just drinking plain water causes pain. I have pain whether I eat or not. I don't really know what to do. Using it anyway will help me, but I've been given so many different opinions that I'm afraid God will punish me anyway.

I im from canada ontairo near toronto i currently have a long crimanal record all because i smoke buds. Gods creation . and i im fighting for my freedom in this twisted society constinlty looked down upon because i lyke to relax. i have no hope in humanity if these laws do nawt change i strugle to find work because of my "record" as a crimanil . all this system we have now is doing is putting money into the hands of drug dealers and real crimanls . my life would be greatly changed if i could aquire medical weed how could i do this please

I am a habitual marijuana smoker, I have Chronic ashtma,shattered clavical, joint pain. I live in Illinois. I would like to receive the benefits of medical marijuana, but at this time Illinois doesn't have any programs. So, I will have to relocate. My question is how hard and how soon after relocating will I be able to obtain a doctor's permit or recommendation?

iam in uk.reading this gives me hope that one day i will not be a criminal.that the powers that be will see sense instead of the dollar...THANK YOU...

Legalize It!, give Rush Limbaugh a card so's he doesn't have to break the law and get reprimanded, poor fellow. Give Ann Coulter a heavy dose too. Put it in the food chain in the white house's catering wing. And can I obtain a permit online?, seriously.

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