RSS Feed
June 9th, 2016 
Awake Goy
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Media Spokesperson, HEALTH MAX Group
Thanks to Governor John Kasich, Ohio is now known for more than just producing Arsenio Hall and Steven Spielberg. In the heart of the US Corn Belt marijuana can be used for medicinal purposes, just like half of the country.
Kasich just signed into law a regulation on medical marijuana that takes effect just 3 months from now.
Under the new law:
• Doctors can provide patients with written consent to use marijuana for medicinal purposes
• Patients will have an “affirmative defense” against criminal prosecution for possessing marijuana
• Dispensaries for medical marijuana will become available
Patients can now receive marijuana to treat illnesses, such as:
• HIV/AIDS
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Cancer
• Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
• Crohn’s disease
• Epilepsy or another seizure disorder
• Fibromyalgia
• Parkinson’s disease
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Tourette’s syndrome
• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
The Ohio State Pharmacy Board (OSPB) will oversee regulation of pot, along with the State Medical Board (SMB), and the Department of Commerce.
Back in April the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) gave their permission for clinical trials to begin for therapeutic use of marijuana on veterans suffering from PTSD.
This was a 180 turn from the DEA’s stance on marijuana just 6 months ago. However, per the DEA’s approval order, the Multidisciplinary Approach to Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) will be able to conduct the first clinical trial focused on paving the way for “smoked botanical marijuana” to become a legally prescribed “drug” as far as the DEA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are concerned.
Heading the march toward legalization of marijuana is Senator Elizabeth Warren who wrote a letter to Thomas Freidan, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) back in 2015 which made waves because she called for the federal government to fund research on marijuana as a pain reliever.
The use of marijuana to alleviate pain has been established as far back as 1892 when William Osler (considered the father of modern medicine) recommended the plant to sure migraines.
In 2014, researchers determined that in states where marijuana was used for pain mitigation, the number of prescription drug overdoses dropped by 24.8% when compared with states that do not allow marijuana to be legal.
And in the same year, the American Medical Association published a study showing that “chronic pain, neuropathic pain, and spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis are the indications for medical marijuana supported by high-quality evidence.”
Additionally, researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine found that when treating severe pain, or pain resistant to conventional treatments, marijuana was moderately effective.
However, the subjects were given opiates with the marijuana. In the end, 44% of the participants had quit using opiates altogether and used marijuana only for pain relief.
Because of Warren’s efforts, the DEA has decided to remove cannabis from the class of Schedule I controlled substances by the end of this year.
Related Posts
Source Article from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OccupyCorporatism/~3/IrEPPKtEhYU/
Posted in 
Tags: 
