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Marijuana as medicine: Consider the pros and cons - MayoClinic.com - 0 views

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  • sed marijuana as a medical treatment for thousands of years. S
  • arijuana refers to the dried flowers, leaves, stems and seeds of the Cannabis sativa plant.
  • contains at least 60 chemicals called cannabinoids. Researchers are evaluating how effective so
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  • THC. An abbreviation for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol,
  • esponsible for marijuana's mind-altering effect
  • properties of THC, but cause less psychoactive effects
  • Also, marijuana smoke contains 50 percent to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke and has the potential to cause cancer of the lungs an
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THE MEDICAL DANGERS OF MARIJUANA USE - 0 views

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  • widespread marijuana use has only become prevalent in this country within the last three decades, so the effects of long-term use are just beginning to become apparent.
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      emilydoss doss on 21 Mar 08
       
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  • safest recreational substances available
  • ocaine, heroine, alcohol, and even cigarettes are more dangerous to the user’s health than marijuana.
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  • pharmacological properties of cannabis have led thirty-six states to permit its use as a therapeutic drug for, among others, those suffering from AIDS; various painful, incurable and debilitating illnesses; the harmful side effects of cancer chemotherapy, and glaucoma.
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      emilydoss doss on 21 Mar 08
       
      contributions to medicine
  • health, brain function, and memory. And in a medical context, marijuana is like any other powerful prescription drug: it has potentially dangerous side effects, and the decision to use it to treat patients must involve the same balancing test as the one required for chemotherapy or AZT: do the therapeutic effects of the drug outweigh its harmful effects?
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      emilydoss doss on 21 Mar 08
       
      do current percsription drugs  make people overly depdent on them. this seems to allrady be an issue with current legal drugs
  • And in a medical context, marijuana is like any other powerful prescription drug: it has potentially dangerous side effects, and the decision to use it to treat patients must involve the same balancing test as the one required for chemotherapy or AZT: do the therapeutic effects of the drug outweigh its harmful effects? > Though there are many more studies to be done on this issue, current data shows that the answer to this question may not always be "yes."
  • health, brain function, and memory. And in a medical context, marijuana is like any other powerful prescription drug: it has potentially > >
  • may cause the acceleration or aggravation of the very disorders it is being used to treat.
  • moking marijuana regularly (a joint a day) can damage the cells in the bronchial passages which protect the body against inhaled microorganisms and decrease the ability of the immune cells in the lungs to fight off fungi, bacteria, and tumor cells. For patients with already weakened immune systems, this means an increase in the possibility of dangerous pulmonary infections, including pneumonia, which often proves fatal in AIDS patients.
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