Marijuana May Help Multiple Sclerosis Patients?

General Academics Science, Technology and Medicine
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Don’t know if this is the right place to post this, but I have a friend with MS :frowning: and need to know… ???
Researchers note that doses of cannabis (marijuana) have been shown to reduce the muscle spasms experienced by many people who have multiple sclerosis. The use of medical marijuana continues to be a struggle in the United States. Although it has been shown to be very effective in treating various diseases and illnesses, including chronic pain, nausea, glaucoma, seizure disorders, PTSD, cancer, diabetes, and others, many people risk arrest when they use marijuana for medicinal purposes. In October 2009, President Obama stated that his administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers if they conform to state laws.
Although research indicates that cannabinoids offer benefits for multiple sclerosis patients because they can reduce inflammation and they have quelled spasms in animal studies, some officials, including regulators and researchers, have been concerned about the intoxicating side effects of THC. The authors of the recent paper, however, note that the combination of THC and CBD can limit psychotropic effects. They also note that the multiple sclerosis patients in the studies they evaluated generally well tolerated the side effects of the combined marijuana extracts.
Does anyone know more details?
PS: An amazing invention I have seen is the so called berkelbike, a revolutionary, award winning tricycle which can be propelled by both your arms and legs. The BerkelBike makes cycling possible despite MS, Polio, Spinal Cord Injury or Stroke.

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Lemma: This thread’s OP is spam. Proof.

'Luthon64

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We getting a lot of spammers these days - this one made a nice profile at least :wink:

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But my little finger is sore. Now if I smoke some stuff for the pain and it is legal…

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To hell with any and all medical benefits, I partake for shits and giggles. ;D

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Now you have gone and done it :’( From now on you’ll be a “brain damaged substance abuser” and any arguments you may make written of in a fury of ad hominem fallacy madness and no amount of pointing out the fallacy will release you from this evil spiral…

… thankfully only one particular moronic forumite is guilty of this glaring hypocrisy and may safely be ignored. This particular individual has by all accounts never tried anything himself but loves to preach from his intellectual and moral high horse.

The irony is of course that he has his arse handed to him by this “brain damaged substance abuser” all the time. I find that particularly humorous for the most part.

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The dead brain cells help with comprehending fundie stupidity. It’s a win!

Oh my, who could this person you speak of be? 8)

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You’ll never guess in a million million… oh what the hell, I can tell you know already

welcome to here by the way ;D

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Thanks, broer! ;D

I’m guilty of never doing the introductory thread thing.

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Welcome to the forum Gogtjop, I can already see things are going to get interesting around here again… ;D

Oooo, and speaking of the one whose name we will not mention, he/she/whatever is an absolute expert on anything and everything ending in “ism”, hehehehehehehe…

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Hear, hear!

LOL, as do I! ;D One can certainly see why he would be concerned at the prospect of suffering brain damage.

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for whatever medicinal reasons or not, i find a tad of mountain cabbage, in a nice toasty bubble bath, tends to give me visions of wormholes and hippie flowers. which is awesome just becoz.
reminds me, of an old joke, called the buffalo theory…
since i dont drink all that much, then smoking weed must make me smarter then. WIN