I am reading a very interesting book I wanted to mention, it is about medical marijuana.  It turns out that medical marijuana does not get you high or stoned, and California doctors and researchers quoted in this book state that it is effective against many medical conditions and problems from cancer and diabetes to 20+ other conditions*.  It cites studies in JAMA supporting this, the famous american medical journal.   The reason patients do not have psychotropic effects from the medical cannabis is that strains are bred with a high ratio of CBD which is the medically effective ingredient, to a low proportion of THC which is the psychoactive substance, the ratio is typically 20:1 or 25:1 of CBD to THC.   That is why it does not get the patients stoned.   The book is CBD, a Patient’s Guide to Medical Cannabis, by Leonard Leinow.   A partial list of some of the 20+ conditions CBD (cannabidiol) is supposed to alleviate or cure is below:
* anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anti-diabetic, antispasmodic, vasorelaxant, cardio-protective, neuro-protective, anti-epileptic, antipsychotic, and weight-loss promoting.
PS – an interesting corollary is that CBD can be a cure for the US opioid epidemic, the authors plausibly present CBD as a “gateway drug” away from opioids.

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click here to check out this book online at Hawaii State Library system (your local library)

HAWAII STATE DEPT OF HEALTH REQUESTS PUBLIC COMMENTARY ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA CBD ISSUES (press release):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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