What Are The Benefits Of Using Cannabis?
One of the most common subjects that are being debated about is definitely the legalization of cannabis, or as you might know it – marijuana. While the debates can get really spicy, they are not based off on random preferences – there are actually so many benefits of using cannabis both medicinal and environmental. Here are the benefits of using cannabis:
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Medical Benefits:
Besides helping in improving the quality of your life on a daily basis and recreational uses, there are also many medical benefits of cannabis. Some of them are:
Relieving Chronic Pain
One of the biggest medical benefits of using cannabis is definitely relieving chronic pain. There are a lot of people out there that suffer from very painful conditions like multiple sclerosis, arthritis and many more, where cannabis helps to relieve the pain from their conditions and symptoms. The active ingredients in cannabis – cannabinoids, affect the brain receptors for pain.
Relieving Symptoms of Cancer & Chemotherapy
Unfortunately, one of the more and more common diseases of the modern era is cancer. And it’s one of those rare conditions where the possible cure – chemotherapy, is worse than the disease itself. Appetite loss and vomiting are sometimes so extreme, that many patients have to be fed through a tube. However, one of the benefits of using cannabis is that it can help with those very symptoms because it helps to restore the appetite and stomaching the food.
Fights off specific types of Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a horrible disease. While there are medications that can help fight off epileptic seizures, there are a few types of epilepsy that are very severe, and nothing worked on them. Until a medicine containing cannabidiol was approved by the FDA that is. The seizures in almost all patients were reduced by half, and some didn’t even experience seizures once they started the treatment.
Relieves Anxiety
Anxiety, the disease of the modern era. Although we all experience it sometimes, there are a lot of people that suffer much more serious symptoms than us, the ones with occasional anxiety. Especially in the case of social anxiety, symptoms can get so bad that they affect the quality of life of an individual. Cannabis can help relieve anxiety, however only when used in moderation.
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Helps to fight off Depression, Panic Attacks and PTSD
One of the widest spread diseases in America is definitely depression. Yet, not that many people talk about it. Panic attacks are also more common in people, and there are a lot of abuse victims and veterans that suffer from PTSD. These are all horrible conditions that can incredibly complicate life. There are a few studies that have shown improvement in conditions such as depression, panic attacks, and PTSD by using cannabis.
Besides these, there are also many other medical benefits of using cannabis like:
- Regulating eating disorders
- Relieves migraines & headaches
- Lowers Blood Pressure
- Fights Insomnia & Nightmares
- Prevent Alzheimer’s
- Treats Glaucoma
- Relieves symptoms of Parkinson's
Environmental Benefits:
Although there are medicinal benefits, cannabis can also be helpful to our environment such as making eco-friendly products out of cannabis plants:
Eco-friendly products
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One of the plants in the family of cannabis – hemp, can be used to create eco-friendly products on a very large scale. For example, the cellulose fibers in Hemp are excellent for creating plastic. Hemp created plastic can be fully recyclable, without toxic effects on the environment, while our current recycling processes of synthetic plastic are all toxic for the environment.
Besides plastic, we can also make paper and clothes from hemp as well. Amazing isn’t it?
