If you have read though some of my articles you would know that I've had a Cannabis prescription for a few years now. The last time I had to renew my prescription was not fun. The problem I was having is the government clinic that I originally got my prescription from, would not renew my prescription as they did not have a doctor for several months. I am sure this type of situation does not happen in a large city, however it happened where I live. Although I could not officially find the reason why there are no doctors the government clinic informed me : "the Saskatchewan government is currently making it very hard for doctors to help people renew Cannabis prescriptions. It is not legal to talk to a doctor over Internet to renew a prescription." Even though this situation is not my fault, they refused to submit my medical documentation to the Cannabis producer. I explained to the clinic that my medical information (documentation) belongs to me and that they have no right to refuse to either send the documentation to me or the Cannabis producer. My Cannabis prescription was about to expire and I had to find a way around this problem.
There are clinics in Saskatchewan that will renew your prescription. The one clinic I did call, the fee is $150 just to tell a doctor that nothing has changed and that Cannabis is working well for me. The fact that a doctor charges a fee to renew a Cannabis prescription goes against my belief that it should be free to start with. Sure doctors get paid to fill out forms all the time. If you get injured at work, the doctor has to fill out WCB forms. It is Health Canada that pays the doctor's fee, not you.
The medical marijuana program in Canada has been around for a long time, which begs the question why hasn't this been resolved years ago? Or at least why does this situation even happen? Our Canadian constitution does not exclude Cannabis as a medicine, nor does it say that I have to pay for the right to use it as a medicine. So the question is why should a doctor charge a fee to renew a Cannabis prescription, when they do not charge a patient fee for other prescriptions? The answer is simply money. Health Canada will not pay the doctor's fee, you have to.
Here is what I did, and I hope people pick up on this, regardless if they have a Cannabis
prescription after legalization October 17th 2018. The Cannabis producer I deal with is Tweed in Smith Falls Ontario. I used the Partners Program through Tweed. This allows me to cam with a doctor to renew my prescription. I sent my own copies of my medical documents to Tweed and setup an appointment. We used Medeo (same idea as Skype) so that I did not have to drive hundreds of kms just to see a doctor. The odd thing here is the government clinic that I dealt with originally is less than an hours drive from me, yet I was able to contact a doctor thousands of kms away to get the job done. I wish I could do this for visits with my family doctor. I prefer the Medeo approach because it saves time, money and the doctor took more time talking with me than a face to face visit. I also like the fact that the doctor was on time, no waiting forever because the doctor is backed up with patients.
By the time Cannabis is legal here in Canada, all of this will not matter. I prefer buying my Cannabis from a medical producer because I know what I am smoking. It is interesting that I had to go though all this when i have had my prescription for a few years now. It was worth it in the end.
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Recently I had surgery on my left leg. When the orthopaedic surgeon was done putting my leg back together, I had a titanium plate holding my fibula so it would heal faster. The swelling was very bad from my knee to my foot. The pain was unbearable as you could imagine. Naturally I had to take some kind of painkillers to make my situation more comfortable. Hydro Morphine is what was prescribed even though I get very bad side effects for opiates. At the time I did not care about the side effects that opiates give me as I needed the pain to go away. To give you an idea of how bad my leg was swollen and how much pain I was in, I could not sit on a chair, because of the constant throbbing pain. Even with morphine I had to lay down most of the day with my leg up to reduce the swelling. After a few weeks the doctor told me that I cannot take any more morphine. What was even worse is that I could not take any anti-inflammatory drugs because that slows down bone growth.
Fortunately there are alternatives to taking anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers for someone in my situation. CBD is an anti-inflammatory and pain killer in one. For the first time I tried a high CBD, low THC Cannabis. As soon as I got my order I tried it out in my vaporizer. Within a few minutes the throbbing in my leg stopped. It felt as through the pressure in my leg was gone, like popping a balloon. CBD Cannabis doesn't make you high however, it will make you feel relaxed and maybe a tad sleepy. The CBD Cannabis worked so well in fact I purchased a stronger product that did the job even better.
In general traditional painkillers like opiates, cocaine and asprin makes the nerves numb that are causing the pain. Actually your whole body is numb because the painkiller cannot target the problem area. This systemic effect is what gives you that dopey feeling. CBD is not a painkiller in the traditional sense. CBD helps treat the problem instead of masking the pain.
The key to CBD's painkilling properties is in the human Endocannabinoid system (EC). This system is responsible for all of our body functions, from breathing, heart rate, pain, swelling and your immune systems response. Endocannabinoids are produced by your body. Cannabinoids are the active substances in Cannabis and CBD being one of them. CBD suppresses the enzyme acid amide hydrolase which breaks down Anandamide. This naturally occurring Endocannabinoid Anandamide activates the CB1 and CB2 receptors and allows your body to deal with pain and injury. Said a different way, CBD tricks your brain into dialing down your response to pain and inflammation. In the case of my swollen leg, CBD reduced the inflammation which in turn stopped the pain.
By consuming CBD you are giving your body the natural ability to take care of injury, pain swelling, cancer and a whole lot more.
There is so much more to Cannabis then THC vs CBD, the type of terpenes are as important.
Recently I have been using Cannabis with a relative 1 to 1 ratio of THC to CBD to deal with fibromyalgia related muscle spasms. I have very debilitating muscle spasms at times. I thank my lucky stars I am not like this 24/7, like some folks are. I used Spectrum Cannabis Green (Tweed) I got some instant relief right away but the pain didn't go away. It took about 5 decent sized joints before I was feeling 85% better. After smoking for 3 days (not 24/7 LOL) the worst muscle spasm I have ever had was almost gone. Remember with recreational Cannabis you still need some CBD to have a good time, the same is true for CBD Cannabis, you still need a small amount of THC for medical use. You can use any variation of CBD vs THC and long as both components are present.
CBD is the new morphine. ☺
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I thought it would be a good idea to write about what Cannabis can not do to you, instead of the wonderful things it can do for you. It seems to me that not many people actually know the real reasons why you can never OD and die from consuming Cannabis.
Reason #5 Why Cannabis will never kill you is: Cannabis is the most non-toxic plant on earth. Cannabis is the only plant on earth that has all of the nutritional value as a one plant food source. Every part of Cannabis is edible.
Reason #4 Why Cannabis will never kill you is: Cannabis will never contribute to a heart attack, stroke or cancer. It has been well known for many years that Cannabis has many medicinal effects. Cannabis dilates blood vessels and arteries, essentially doing the opposite of what nicotine does. The dilation of blood vessels allows more blood flow, allowing for faster healing process and puts less strain on the heart. Cannabis will never cause cancer and in particular, lung cancer. Cannabis smokers have a one fold less chance of getting cancer even with traditional (pipe or bong) high does chronic use. Cannabis opens up the airways in the lungs. It's no big surprise to know that folks that have Asthma, smoke Cannabis
Reason#3 Why Cannabis will never kill you is: Concentration. I've read many times in articles that people get a stiffer possession charge because they have a concentrate of either Cannabis oil or Hashish. Cannabis is the most non-toxic substance on the planet. Even with high doses, Cannabis can never kill you. A very interesting example of this fact is the 1972 Shafer report was a real world comparison to see how toxic our most common substances really are. Cocaine has a 2:1 ratio, meaning that it takes two doses of Cocaine to get you high and the third one may kill you if done in a short period of time. Heroin has a 3:1 ratio, where the body can handle 3 doses of the drug and the fourth one may kill you. Even Alcohol has a ratio of 20:1...Cannabis has a ratio of 465,000:1. You would have to eat or smoke some insane amount of 263lbs in 15 minutes. Even though the study showed that Cannabis was not harmful, it remains in schedule I in the U.S. and schedule II in Canada to this day.
Reason #2 Why Cannabis will never kill you is: In the case of drugs like cocaine, the brain is flooded with dopamine. When dopamine levels become toxic, the brain will shut down to save its self...this is called coma. Cannabis keeps dopamine levels at a constant and normal level so coma can never occur.
Reason #1 Why Cannabis will never kill you is: It never affects the part of your brain that controls breathing and heart rate. The part of your brain that is responsible for this called the Medulla Oblongata, or called the Medulla for short. The Medulla is the lower half of your brain stem. Mobsters would say" give him two in the back of the head.." The reason for saying this is because if the Medulla is damaged severely like say from a bullet, your guaranteed a kill. Many drugs (pharmaceuticals as well) affect heart rate and breathing. Morphine depresses breathing and heart rate, while Cocaine will make your heart beat very fast. Cannabis will never affect the Medulla so that breathing and heart rate will not stop.
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Nationalizing Medical Marijuana is just another control method the Government controls you by ignoring the scientific data and taking away your Constitutional rights. The Conservative Government is taking away your right to cultivate the most useful plant on the planet. The Conservative party stopped all legal grow-ops in April of 2014, under the guise of eliminating crime associated with illegal grow-ops. CONTROL is the word of the day and always is. Legal and illegal Cannabis growers don't have guns to shoot the police, they have guns to protect themselves from the crime that Cannabis prohibition has created. Said another way...Legal and illegal Cannabis growers have different methods of security to protect themselves from those who may use fire arms to rob them.
Is Nationalizing Medical Marijuana a step in the right direction? Will recreational Cannabis be nationalized as well? If the answer is no then there will always be an illegal Cannabis trade for which there will always be crime. If money is an issue, then Medical Marijuana patients will go to the illegal drug trade as an alternative. This flaw in the system will allow illegal Cannabis producers to cash in by selling Cannabis cheaper than the Canadian Government. If our Canadian Conservative Government is Nationalizing Medical Marijuana because of its perceived potential for harm, then why on earth wouldn’t the government ban the use of tobacco and alcohol when asbestos was banned in 1979? All are known carcinogens so why leave tobacco and alcohol legal substances when both kill so many people every year? The reason for this is because you don’t have a choice to breath in asbestos fibers, where consuming alcohol and tobacco are a choice. If I have the choice of what way I would like to get cancer, why can't I choose the way I want to prevent it? Why on earth don’t I have the legal choice to consume Cannabis as a recreational substance when it prevents cancer?
In actuality our government does the opposite of what is needed. Here is an example: Cannabis is under schedule II in The Canadian Drug Schedule, and LSD is in schedule III. This means that LSD has more medicinal usages than Cannabis. In the US Cannabis is under schedule I, meaning Cannabis is as dangerous cocaine, heroin ETC. Why prescribe Cannabis to a cancer patient if it is so dangerous and causes cancer? What are we stupid? I asked my family doctor this very question. He responded “the reason why Cannabis is prescribed is because of short term grain versus long term exposure to the substance”. I don’t know about you, but if you have any type of cancer you’re in it for the long haul. No my friend the War on Drugs is control of useful substances like Cannabis. Cannabis is just one piece of the big picture, of government deception. In 2018 all of this will change, when Cannabis will be legal across Canada. Way to go Justin Trudeau. ☺
When the Conservative Government Nationalized Medical Marijuana, they are acknowledging that Cannabis has therapeutic value, so why is it still in Schedule II ? And if Cannabis can prevent and cure cancer why can't healthy people use it? Should we only have pity on those who are terminally ill? Can you even imagine the billions of dollars that would be saved every year, if we started using Cannabis oil to treat cancer (any form) instead of VERY expensive chemo and radiation therapy. Well one person did exactly that. His name is Rick Simpson. For those who do not know, Rick Simpson is a pioneer when it comes to curing cancer with Cannabis oil. Rick has his own very successful website called PhoenixTears.ca Rick made his Cannabis oil public to share his knowledge. Rick even called the Canadian Cancer Institute to tell them of his success. Of course they did not take Rick seriously. Rick gave his oil away at little or no cost. For Rick’s efforts, he has to live in another country or face jail time in Canada. Rick has not lived in Canada since 2013. See this is what our government does to people like Rick Simpson and Marc Emery. We are slowly being Americanized. Do you ever wonder why the colours of the Conservative Government are red white and blue?
The Special Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs said in 2002. “In our opinion, Canadian society is ready for a responsible policy on Cannabis...the continued prohibition of Cannabis jeopardizes the health and well-being of Canadians much more than does the substance itself. Cannabis presents almost no toxicity and cannot lead to an overdose.” The Committee also said “ Marijuana is not a gateway drug and should be treated like tobacco or alcohol than like hard drugs.” More info: Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
Here’s what your Conservative Government says about Cannabis today.
”Marijuana, whether you are talking about the effects, the toxicity in terms of the human body are incredible. To legalize a substance that is incredibly toxic and is going to create a huge impact on our health-care system cost doesn’t really make sense.” Cathy McLeod – Conservative Party – Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap, BC
Why on earth would the Conservative government’s stance on Cannabis differ so dramatically since 2002? They are the political party that is Nationalizing Medical Marijuana in the first place. The only answer to this question is the money that is being made by Nationalizing Medical Marijuana and not decisions based on intelligence. If its so dangerous as Cathy McLeod seems to think, why Nationalize Medical Marijuana to start with? Seems to me that Cannabis is illegal in Canada for recreational uses, because of political agendas and not what the majority of Canadian citizens have demanded and science has told us. The majority of the North American people want Cannabis decriminalized. Since 2002, science has only fortified the fact that Cannabis is non-toxic and very helpful for every bodily function. The Conservative Government is loosening up possession charges up to an ounce of dried Cannabis, and at the same time making illegal cultivation penalties stiffer. One month in jail for every plant you grow.
Access to the Medical Marijuana System
In 2013 it was impossible to find a doctor that supports Medical Marijuana. It took me 3 years to convenience my own family doctor at the time, that Cannabis prevented migraine headaches and that Cannabis can be used for a variety of illnesses. My family doctor would not sign my exemption card papers even though Health Canada provides a disclaimer form for the doctor to sign. I think doctors are scared of being sued and losing their license. The main reason for this is the perception that Cannabis can cause lung cancer. It is true that Cannabis has the ability to cause lung cancer however, so is sitting in front of a camp fire. Any combustible substance that results in a carbon molecule has the ability to cause cancer. Cannabis smokers have a one fold less chance of getting lung cancer than people that do not smoke tobacco or Cannabis. Cannabis is doing what it is intended to do as an anti-cancer medicine. Unless recreational Cannabis use is nationalized as well, then this whole system is as useful as the gun registry!!!!!!! Canadians will remember what a huge waste of money that was.
The Canadian Constitution grants me the right as a Canadian Citizen to use whatever medicine best suits my needs. No where in the Canadian Constitution does it exclude Cannabis or say that I have to pay for the right. I don’t have to pay to use morphine if I need it. Why should I have to pay for the privilege to use Cannabis? My Constitutional rights to use Cannabis supersedes the Cannabis laws!!! This is the very reason why you don’t have to obey the Cannabis prohibition laws to start with. The Canadian Government counts on its citizens being ignorant to this fact and throws you in jail. In actuality it is the Canadian Government that is breaking the law by enforcing Cannabis laws and prohibiting people from using a useful substance. Seems to me that Health Canada should make it free for anyone to get an exemption card (prescription) since the system is fundamentally flawed to start with.
Essentially Cannabis laws should not be enforced. The North American people have given their government 35 years to fix a problem that never existed. There never was a big enough problem with Cannabis in the first place to warrant making it illegal. In 1937 the U.S. government outlawed all forms of Cannabis/Hemp and branded it Marijuana. Why not use its scientific name (Cannabis)? My spin on this is: the name Marijuana was intentionally used by the US DEA because (Can)nabis sounded too positive. A little know fact: Marijuana has nothing to do with Cannabis. Marijuana is a tobacco smoked by Mexicans. The U.S. government used scare tactics and it started with how they branded their new war. So the people would demand to be protected against the new killer weed.
While Cannabis remains illegal in Canada for recreation use, countries like Uruguay took the right approach and legalized it. Cannabis in Uruguay is now considered “a farm-to-table state business” This approach is exactly what the North American people have been asking for. Way to go Uruguay!!! ☺
Marijuana should not be compared to another substance and its perceived potential for harm. We should focus on the positive effects, since science tells us that Cannabis does not affect the brain and all organs in a negative way. Most people are brain washed into believing that every drug, whether legal or illegal has side effects, where Cannabis’s high is a side effect. Maranol which is a synthetic THC is very much legal to use and has the exact same “side effects” (high) as Cannabis. People have died using synthetic THC (Maranol) and its legal. No one has died (ever) smoking Cannabis and it's illegal!!!!! it's almost like they want to kill us on purpose. Have you ever heard this saying: “you can be addicted to drugs, just as long as they are our drugs!”
Cannabis is indeed the most widely used illegal drug. However this is mainly because it is the safest non-addictive illegal drug to use, and it is healthy for you at the same time. Cannabis is safer to use than drinking coffee. What this all of this boils down to is Cannabis works too well as a medicine. The only reason for nationalized Medical Marijuana is so the government can now capitalize on the revenue that will be generated from over-priced government controlled Cannabis. If it is legal for the government to grow it, why the heck cant I grow it myself?
Here is another flaw in the system. Cannabis seeds are and have been legal to purchase in Canada for a long time now. The reason why Cannabis seeds are legal is because they do not contain high levels of THC. THC is the substance that makes Cannabis illegal. Cannabis seeds are legal to purchase, however growing and cultivating the plant is illegal. What does the Canadian Government expect us to do with the seeds....eat them? No your going to grow the plant of course. I cannot stop mother nature from producing THC in a Cannabis plant. You can legally grow Papaver somniferum, (The opium poppy) in your garden. The flowers are considered ornamental even though you could produce a small amount of opium from it. The Canadian Government is telling us, it is ok to grow a plant that can potentially kill you, just as long as you don’t grow a Cannabis plant that can save your life. I am sure you see what I'm getting at here...
The Canadian Government is essentially creating criminals by allowing us to purchase Cannabis seeds legally. This is just another example of why the Cannabis laws should not be obeyed.
Please keep in mind that the reason for pushing forth and out right legalizing Cannabis is the struggle for truth, freedom and has little to do with getting high. I believe in people like scientists, molecular biologists that are 100 times smarter than myself. Look at the facts, educate yourself, and let simple logic guide your beliefs.
FAST FORWARD ...........4 years 2017
WOW what a change 4 years has made. I didn't think this day would come. Thank you Justin Trudeau!!!! You got to admit that Mr. Trudeau is the coolest Prime Minister in Canadian history. He's doing what other prime ministers wouldn't touch, and he's doing it for all the right reasons.
Today it's different, you don't have to find a doctor because clinics are opening up all across Canada that provide access to a doctor that supports the Medical Marijuana program. The best part is you don't have to pay for the right to use Cannabis as a medicine. All you need is a referral from your family doctor or drop into one of the clinics. The whole idea of nationalizing Medical Marijuana is safe access for patients. What could be safer than growing your own medicine? Today patients are allowed to do just that. Under the new Medical Marijuana laws, patients are allowed to grow a limited amount of plants. How many can we grow? You will have to wait for a definite answer sometime in the spring 2018.
Recently I had to show my exemption card (from the producer) to a police officer. The discussion about me smoking pot lasted about 30 seconds. "A badge of freedom" are the words that come to mind when I think about this situation. All the years of hunting for a doctor and faxing documentation paid off.
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One simple fact about Cannabis that is it balances your body’s own growth and healing rhythms. Cannabis has the ability to dial down the body’s immune system’s inflammatory response to infection and swelling. Since Cannabis is a natural antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory substance, the immune system has less to deal with, making recover time from injury shorter. In essence, skipping a step to the healing process. Cannabidiol (CBD) is the Cannabinoid that is responsible for the anti-inflammatory response and is also anti-psychoactive where Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is psychoactive. These two substances have a slightly opposite effect on each other keeping your brain chemistry in balance. Think about it like this: it’s a fail-safe system, which is the reason why you can never OD smoking or eating Cannabis. You can only get so high from smoking Cannabis, your brain will not allow serotonin and dopamine levels to become toxic. This natural control mechanism is what I personality believe is the key to how Cannabis can treat any illness.
Most folks that smoke or have eaten Cannabis on a daily basis have noticed a decrease in appetite, as though Cannabis is somehow giving the body all that it needs for nutrition. This natural effect of Cannabis is more prevalent with someone who is overweight. Even if you are over weight and consuming more calories than needed you tend to lose weight. Cannabis works in the opposite fashion by increasing one’s appetite if underweight, hence why we prescribe Cannabis to AIDS and cancer patients. This natural response of Cannabis to restore one’s natural body harmony is key to understand why Cannabis can do so many wonderful things. It’s no surprise to read that Cannabis can be used to treat diabetes, and other illnesses like migraine headaches.
A published article in The American Journal of Medicine, shows this “two faced” relationship Cannabis has on weight and diabetes. In short, the article accurately describes how Cannabis controls insulin levels for diabetes subjects that fasted for 9 hours. The study concluded that: Cannabis users are less likely to become obese. Cannabis smokers tend to have a better metabolic rate for digestion and sugar control IE: Cannabis controls the energy intake and distribution though out your body. Endocannabinoids are the Cannabis like Cannabinoids that your body already produces. The study also suggests that Cannabinoid receptors deep in the brain are responsible for the way Cannabis plays a role in controlling one’s weight and insulin levels. This finding is very important because, this means that Cannabis can be used to treat Hypoglycemia as well.
The key to how Cannabis can control blood sugar levels and weight is the CB1 receptor. In the 1980s researchers identified the CB1 Cannabinoid receptor. Cannabinoid receptors come in two varieties, called CB1 and CB2. Most of your CB1 receptors are in your brain, and are responsible for the ”high” you get from smoking Cannabis. CB2 receptors, often associated with the immune system, and are found all over the body.
Repeated use of Cannabis makes the CB1 receptors less sensitive, meaning the weaken CB1 receptors are dialing down the appetite response. Daniele Piomelli, a professor of pharmacology at the University of California, Irvine, says “This has been shown to happen in people who smoke marijuana. This weakening of CB1 receptor translates into a lower risk for obesity and diabetes because the inactive receptor would be unable to respond to our own cannabis-like molecules, which we know are important in keeping us chubby.” Cannabis might spike our appetite initially, over time it gets dialed down naturally. Wow what a cool side effect for a drug.
There you have it folks...another use for the oldest medicine on earth !!!!!!
Now maybe you will discover like millions of others have already done. Cannabis is really a cure all medicine that happens to be the best preventative medicine as well.
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I've eaten raw Cannabis flowers and leaves for years and didn’t know they were good for me. The smaller leaves around the flowers are slightly sweet, but they get caught at the back of your tongue LOL! That is because the leaves have little barbs on them and have a rough texture. The larger leaves not so nice to chew on either. I kept munching on them regardless. Funny thing is, my dog liked eating them as well. Maybe my dog somehow knew consuming raw Cannabis was good for her as I knew it was good for me. For those animal lovers out there, no harm was caused to the dog. I stopped letting her eat the leaves, thinking they might be bad for her, like how onions are bad for dogs.
The health benefits of consuming raw Cannabis and juice are: non-psychoactive, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, antioxidant, antiviral, antifungal, and anticancer. It is particularly effective when treating breast cancer. What an amazing plant and it happens to be the most non-toxic one as well !!! Consuming raw Cannabis has great nutritional value and is: well balanced with all essential fatty acids, amino acids and Cannabinoid acids. Since Cannabis juice is very harsh tasting, it is usually combined with vegetable and or fruit juice and can even be mixed into a smoothy.
One of the drawl backs to juicing raw Cannabis is: Few people can afford to keep a garden full of plants to juice every day. It takes a lots of Cannabis leaves to make a small amount of juice. Also, the juice only takes a few days to spoil, as it turns from a emerald green to brown. None the less, this new way of using nature's most useful plant, opens up new avenues of treating common illnesses with herbal remedies...when main stream media catches up.
How Cannabinoids work…
Cannabinoids are the active substances that produce Cannabis’s medicinal effects. Cannabis contains 60+ Cannabinoids. THC and CBD are the two most potent
Cannabinoids THC is psychoactive and CBD is non-psychoactive. Think of each Cannabinoid as a separate link in a chain. The chain completes a circle. If one of the links are removed from the chain, then the circuit is broken and the medicinal effect is lost. All of the Cannabinoids (links) have to be present in the drug to produce the desired affects. This is the main reason why pharmaceutical companies have a hard time trying to isolate certain properties of the plant to make medicine out of it...it just doesn’t work. Cannabis in its natural form works the best. Raw Cannabis is very different than dried Cannabis. THC and CBD are THCa (tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) and CBDa (cannabidiolic acid). Neither THCa or CBDa are psychoactive, meaning there is no high associated with the plant. It is only until the flowers are dried and or heated, that these two components turn into THC and CBD.
Raw Cannabis is very useful for people who want Cannabis’s medicinal effects but don’t want the high associated with the plant. When consuming raw Cannabis you get many more times the medicinal affects than dried Cannabis. Smoked Cannabis you get 10% medicinal value. Eating dried Cannabis you get 60% the medicinal value. Eating raw Cannabis you get 600 times the medicinal value.
Cannabis does not discriminate
Of the over 200 cell types in our bodies that we have, Cannabis will destroy any unhealthy type. We shed skin cells internally and externally. A good example of how Cannabis sheds unhealthy skin cells is: Cannabis and Hemp oil. Both are the best moisturizers on the planet. Cannabis oil does something that no other moisturizers do. Cannabis oil heals the underlying skin and sheds dead and or dying skin cells. This natural bodily effect is called Apoptosis, where the cells are programmed to die. If a cell is passed its "expiry date" and tries to save it's self, cancer might result. When treating cancer with CBD Cannabis oil, the cancer tumor isn't shrinking, the cancer cells are dying off naturally. Cancer is not a disease. Cancer is a deficiency of the Endocannabinoid system. Our body produces Endocannabinoids. Endocannabinoids naturally fights off diseases and kills bad cells every day. The Cannabinoids in Cannabis are very similar to the Endocannabinoids your body already produce. By consuming Cannabis you are giving you body the ability to do something that it already does, just better.
As we age, our metabolism slows down naturally. Our eyesight gets weaker, our mobilization slows down. Our memory isn't as sharp as it once was. It's no wonder why so many people are effected by age related illnesses. Cannabis and Hemp are an all natural way, for your body to restore it's harmony and slow down the aging process.
It's very interesting to note that: THC is what makes Cannabis illegal. If it was not for this one simple fact, then Hemp would be illegal as well. CBD is not illegal and can be purchased at any health food store. Hemp contains <3 % THC, at these very low levels, THC will not have any noticeable psychoactive (high) effect on any person. Since raw Cannabis has no THC, instead it contains THCa, Cannabis should be considered as a medicine and food supplement just like Hemp.
I wonder if my dog would have been alive today if I kept letting her eat raw Cannabis leaves. She suffered from seizures and were sometimes severe. After knowing what I know now about Cannabis...should I have kept letting her eat the leaves?. Makes you wonder how many people could have been saved if…
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To really understand what Hemp is, you have to first understand what Cannabis is. There are three main varieties of Cannabis: Sativa, Indica and Ruderalis. The Sativa and Indica varieties contain high levels of THC and are used for medicine and recreational purposes. The Ruderails variety has low levels of THC and is a very small plant with small flowers. Ruderalis is only used to create the Hemp variety. Hemp is a variety of the Cannabis Sativa plant that is cross bread with the Ruderalis variety. The result is a plant that looks like a Sativa, and has low THC like the Ruderalis. Hemp is the same plant as Cannabis Sativa minus the THC. The reason why the Sativa strain was used to make the Hemp variety, is because it has a long thick stalk. The stalk and the seeds is what is important. Cross breeding is nothing new. Man has been making different varieties fruits and vegetables for a long time. For instance, a Grapefruit is a cross between and orange and a pomelo. The outer fiber of the Hemp stalk is used to make paper and clothing and the inner stalk (Hurd) is used for building materials. When the female Hemp plant is pollinated it produces seeds which are high in Omega fatty acids and protein. The seeds can be used to make Hemp oil and protein powder.
The name Hemp is used when describing either psychoactive Cannabis that makes you high or non-psychoactive Hemp. The name Hemp is generally used to describe both. Very confusing hey? For simplicity reasons we will call it by it's scientific name Cannabis and forget about calling it Marijuana or weed. Now are you very confused? LOL
Hemp originated in Central Asia and spread to China, India, Europe and eventually North America. It is believed that Cannabis has been around for millions of years. For more than 10,000 years Cannabis has been used for medicine and food. The history of Hemp goes back to 8000 BC where the Chinese used Hemp to make paper and textiles. The Chinese were the first people to discover the medical uses of Cannabis. Cannabis is called Mai by the Chinese meaning, plant with two forms or two sexes. Back then and even today, Hemp is used for medical, religious and social practices. Every day new uses for Hemp are discovered.
The history of Hemp
Hemp fiber is the strongest and softest natural fiber on the planet. Hemp is superior to cotton in every way possible. Hemp yields more product then cotton and less land is required to grow Hemp. Hemp does not need harsh chemicals to grow it. Hemp is naturally disease and mold resistant. The Chinese were the first to learn the art of making paper. Paper invented by ancient Chinese in the 2nd century B.C. and spread slowly to the West. The U.S. Declaration of Independence was written on Hemp paper. Before we had petrochemicals, plastics and synthetic drugs, Hemp was used to make these products and many more.
Christopher Columbus brought Hemp seeds from Europe to North America so if they got ship wrecked along the way, the crew would have a source of food they could grow. Christopher Columbus traded with the Indians and provided them with Hemp seeds to grow crops.
Before the 1930s Hemp oil (psychoactive Cannabis) extracts were used to treat everything from menstrual cramps to migraine headaches and even cancer. Hemp is making a huge come back...again. As people learn of it's usages and that the plant is not evil and scary as we were led to believe from 1930 to present day. The U.S. banned Cannabis / Hemp production in 1937 because Hemp was in direct competition with greedy industrialists. Hemp threatened the pharmaceutical, oil, paper and textile industries.
The first Ford car was originally designed to run on fuel made from Hemp and the plastics were also made from Hemp. Hemp plastic is 10 times stronger than steel and doesn't bend or buckle like steel. Plastic today is half oil from the ground, half chemicals. Hemp plastic is bio-degradable unlike the plastic we use now. There are many kinds of Hemp plastic; from standard plastic reinforced with Hemp fibers, to 100% Hemp plastic made from Hemp oil. Hemp fibers make the plastic stronger and lighter. Now we have carbon fiber to replace what Hemp plastic used to do.
New uses for Hemp are being discovered often. Today body builders are switching to Hemp protein powder because it is pure with no chemicals. Hemp protein is generally the left overs from pressing the oil out of the Hemp seeds. The
oil is pressed out of the seeds using “cold press” technology, this
way, the oil and it nutrients are preserved. Currently many
manufactures of seed oil (soybean) use chemicals to extract the oil. Houses are made from Hemp hurd (the inner core of the stalk) and lime to produce a concrete like wall structure. Sound proofing and fire retardant insulation can be made from Hemp fibers. Hemp is also made it’s way into the high performance sports car manufacturing. The Lotus Elise body panels are being made out of Hemp fiber because the material is light weight and strong.
Hemp seeds contain all of the necessary components for human life. Hemp is high in protein and contains all nine of the essential amino acids. Hemp is rich in Omega fatty acids and contains vitamin E and trace minerals. Every part of the Hemp plant is edible, the leaves and stems, the flowers and seeds. Consuming Hemp oil is the best way to get all of the benefits from the plant.
Hemp is the most non-toxic plant on Earth. Hemp oil is the best natural moisturizer there is. I have used Hemp oil as a moisturizer myself. The main benefit I noticed was that Hemp oil seems to lift dead skin off of healthy skin, with no need to exfoliate the skin as the oil does it all for you. Hemp oil is a natural anti inflammatory and a natural antibiotic when consumed orally. When Hemp oil or Hemp Hearts are consumed on a daily basis it can help with a variety of health problems.
Below is a short list of aliments that Hemp/Cannabis have a beneficial effect on...
Acne, addiction, allergies, Alzheimer’s disease, angina (chest pain), angioedema (swelling under the skin), arthritis, antidepressant, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anxiety prevention, appetite stimulant, asthma, migraine headaches, spinal cord injury, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autoimmune diseases, bipolar disorder (mental disorder), blood thinner, bronchodilation (widens airways and eases breathing), burns, cancer (all types of cancer including skin cancer), candidiasis (yeast infection), circulation improvement, constipation, cough, detoxification (removal of toxins), diabetes, digestive aid, diuretic (improves urine flow), dystonia (muscle disorder), energy metabolism, fatigue, gastric acid secretion stimulation (increases stomach acid), general health maintenance, genitourinary tract disorders (disorders of the reproductive and urinary systems), hair growth promoter, heart disease, high blood pressure, hormone regulation, immune suppression, increased muscle mass, increasing breast milk, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), intermittent claudication (pain in arms or legs due to inadequate oxygen), interstitial cystitis (bladder disorder), irregular heartbeat, leukemia (cancer of blood cells), lipid lowering (cholesterol and triglycerides), liver protection, lymph flow enhancement, menopausal symptoms, muscle relaxation, nausea and vomiting, nerve disorders, neural tube defects (birth defects), osteoporosis (bone loss), painful menstruation, pregnancy and labor, psychosis, rheumatism (joint disease), sedative, sexual performance, skin conditions, stomach spasms, stroke, tendinitis, uterine stimulant, varicose veins, vitamin C deficiency, weight gain (patients with HIV or cancer), wound healing.
Hemp cultivation is banned in the United States however the rest of the world marches on with it’s use. Hemp cultivation and production is wide spread throughout the rest of the world. The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not cultivate Hemp.
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