Medical Marijuana

Well, I learned something on Saturday.  A little more about "medical marijuana" that's been in the news now and again, and the legality of which is being discussed in Ohio.

Medical marijuana can be used to treat a variety of illnesses with virtually no side effects.  The type of marijuana plant that is used to make one kind of medical marijuana was botanically created to eliminate the hallucinogenic properties of the plant -- and only keep the "cannibis" part of the plant.

The resulting medication is a liquid that can be taken orally.

There was a young boy, about 10, and he'd had seizures since he was six months old.  He'd been on 17 different drugs at various times in an attempt to bring his seizures under control, but nothing would give him a seizure-free life.  That is, until he was put on medical marijuana.  He is seizure-free and is off all of the other medications.  His family, for the first time, got to meet this boy who had always been doped up from his medications.  He is learning, growing, blossoming before their eyes.  My granddaughter, Ella, is on two medications and is also more or less doped up.  We don't get to know the real Ella either, and if she could just be allowed to try medical marijuana, it would be a wonderful thing.  She might be able to live a more normal life!

The same can be said for some Parkinson's patients and other conditions that respond to this marvelous plant extract. 

If you get a chance and become aware of any drives or petitions for the legalization of medical marijuana (the kind I'm referring to), please put your two cents worth in.  Write to a Congressman, or sign one of the petitions, or in some way make your approval known.  The stigma of marijuana is what is at the root of the objections -- people like myself who didn't understand until Saturday what a miracle this can be for so many deserving people. 

If we want to just talk about money, well, then we can bring that up too.  The cost of Ella's medications would drastically go down, and she would also be much better able to care for herself, be more physically active, and less likely to have other health problems in the long run. 

I'm going to do what I can to express my approval of legalizing medical marijuana.  Maybe you feel the same way now that you know the real story.  Check it out on the web, although some of the stories refer to the "other" kind of marijuana, the kind you smoke.  I'll have to do some more reading and get back to you.

Thanks for reading.  Take care.  See you tomorrow!!