Im pro weed and you’ll never change my mind different
I don't smoke (although I love the smell of cherry vanilla pipe tobacco, and leather but I digress),but I fully endorse the health benefits of cannabinoids and enjoy the oils, lotions, tinctures, etc.
The cannabinoid system is one of the most important physiologic systems involved in maintaining human health. Endocannabinoids and their receptors are found throughout the body: in the brain, organs, connective tissues, glands, and immune cells.
FYI BackAtit, you might find interesting this comprehensive report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: “The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research.” This report is based on the analysis of more than 10,000 cannabis studies, finding substantial benefits for many medical conditions, as well as busting several long-held marijuana myths. There remains a great deal we still don’t know, but this report provides one of the most comprehensive looks at what we can glean thus far from rigorous scientific data. Some of the highlights are summarized below:
1. Conclusive or substantial evidence exists (the highest levels of confidence) that cannabis/ cannabinoids are an effective treatment in three areas: chronic pain; muscle spasms from multiple sclerosis (MS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); and nausea and vomiting related to chemotherapy.
2. Limited evidence suggests smoking marijuana provides some anti-inflammatory benefits.
3. Cannabis use is not associated with increased risk of lung, head or neck cancers, which are associated with tobacco smoking; however, limited evidence suggests frequent cannabis users have a higher risk for a certain type of testicular cancer.
4. There is insufficient evidence to support or refute a link between cannabis use and increased risk of heart attack.
5. Regular marijuana smokers experience more chronic bronchitis, although this resolves if they quit smoking.
6. Early onset of marijuana use is not associated with poor health outcomes as an adult. The idea that pot is a “gateway drug” to opioids or other drugs is fully disproven.
7. Driving under the influence of marijuana increases the risk of a motor vehicle accident.
8. Pregnant women should abstain from marijuana due to increased pregnancy complications and low birth weight babies.
9. Researchers found substantial evidence indicting cannabis may increase the risk for schizophrenia, although some postulate it may only exacerbate or trigger an illness that would have appeared regardless. Interestingly, among individuals with existing psychosis, cannabis actually improves performance on learning and memory tasks.
10. Cannabis may increase your risk for social anxiety disorder. However, other research finds positive effects for mood disorders, including anxiety and PTSD, so more research is needed.
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