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Order Heavy hitters. Like people who use cannabis for social reasons, people who use cannabis for medical reasons also use it to improve their quality of life. Medical use is linke to managing physical and mental problems and to preserving health.
Cannabis has been use medically for thousands of years. In 2700 BCE, Shen Neng, Chinese Emperor and father of Chinese medicine, use cannabis as a remedy. The Ebers Papyrus, an ancient Egyptian medical text, also mentions cannabis. It was written in 1500 BCE and is one of the oldest pharmaceutical works known.6,8
In Canada, cannabis was used as a medicine until it was added to a list of controll substances in 1923.9 In 2000, patients won the right to again use cannabis legally as a medicine. The court rule that people should not have to choose between their liberty and their health because both are protecte in the constitution. In July 2001, in response to the court’s decision, Health Canada introduce the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR).10 Under the MMAR program, people can apply for a licence to legally possess and grow cannabis for medical use.Order Heavy hitters
Currently, there are many barriers to the Health Canada program. For example, some physicians don’t want to participate. Also, the options for a legal supply of cannabis are limit. As a result, only about 3,000 people have licences at this time. However, about 4% of Canadians (1.2 million people) use cannabis medicinally.11 In BC, about 200,000 people report using cannabis as medicine.12
Cannabis is use to treat many medical conditions and symptoms. It is effective in treating nausea, loss of appetite, pain, anxiety, insomnia, inflammation and muscle spasms. These symptoms are often part of physical or mental conditions. Arthritis, cancer, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, ADHD and post-traumatic stress disorder are some conditions cannabis can help treat.Order Heavy hitters
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