Moreover, this plant’s therapeutic properties have been subdivided into the following 40+ pharmacological actions:
Analgesic (Pain Killing)
Neuroprotective
Antispasmodic
Anxiolytic
Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor
Anti-inflammatory
Antiproliferative
Apoptotic
Chempreventive
Antidepressive
Antiemetic
Bronchodilator
Anti-metastatic
Anti-neoplastic
Antioxidant
Cardioprotective
Hepatoprotective
Anti-tumor
Enzyme inhibitor
Immunomodulatory
Anti-angiogenic
Autophagy up-regulation
Acetylocholinesterase inhibitor
Anti-platelet
Calcium channel blocker
Cell cycle arrest
Cylooxygenase inhibitor
Glycine agents
Immunomodulatory: T-Cell down-regulation
Intracellular adhesion molecule-1 inducer
Matrix mettaproteinase-1 inhibitor
Neuritohgenic
Platelet Aggregration Inhibito
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A inhibitor
Anti-apoptotic
Anti-proliferative
Anti-psychotic
Antiviral
Caspase-3 activation
Chemosensitizer
Immunosupressive agent
Interleukin-6 upregulation
Thanks to modern scientific investigation, it is no longer considered strictly ‘theoretical’ that cannabis has a role to play in medicine. There is a growing movement to wrench back control from the powers that be, whose primary objectives appear to be the subjection of the human body in order to control the population (political motives) — what 20th century French philosopher Michel Foucault termed biopower, and not to awaken true healing powers intrinsic within the body of all self-possessed members of society.
Even the instinct towards recreational use – think of the etymology: to re-create – should be allowed, as long as those who choose to use cannabis instead of tobacco and alcohol (and prescription drugs) do not cause harm to themselves or others. How many deaths are attributed to cannabis each year versus these other societally approved recreational agents, not to mention prescription drugs, which are the 3rd leading cause of death in the developed world?
Ultimately, the politics surrounding cannabis access and the truth about its medicinal properties are so heavily a politicized issue that it is doubtful the science itself will prevail against the distorted lens of media characterizations of it as a ‘dangerous drug,’ and certainly not the iron-clad impasse represented by federal laws against its possession and use.
All we can do is to advocate for the fundamental rights we all possess as free men and women, and our inborn right towards self-possession, i.e as long as what we do does not interfere with the choices and rights of others, we should be free to use an herb/food/textile that sprouts freely and grows freely from this earth, as God/Nature as freely made available.
I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong? ~ Willie Nelson
“Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” – Bill Hicks
Source | GreenMedInfo
