Modern research has allowed the medical field to advance therefore having found that medical cannabis would be able to help patients who have diseases such as cancer, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Epilepsy and among many others.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s are one of the many diseases that the patients must deal with pain, for example, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis causes in fact quite severe muscle cramps.
That means the intake of a certain dosage decided by a qualified doctor, medical cannabis will be able to not only relieve pain but will also remove the use of dangerous narcotics such as fentanyl and oxycodone, fentanyl has …show more content…
Parkinson’s which is associated with degeneration of the basal ganglia of the brain and low levels of dopamine and has been reportedly the cause of tremors which has been documented on video showing the side effects that medical cannabis has which can show massive improvements within minutes and patients become calm and helps with removing the effects of dyskinesia.
I see having the correct legislation and medical cards would prevent patients from abusing cannabis, therefore have it prescribed as a scheduled drug, this will allow for the proper regulation of it.
But there are cons to using medical cannabis despite what cannabis fanatics say, scientists have shown many cases that medical cannabis helps although there being side effects such as impairment and the ability to decrease intellectual capacity/function and productivity.
The effects of medical cannabis can relieve pain but It can affect a person’s motor skills and slow down their reaction time which in fact will lead to car accidents if the person is driving.
As of right now, medical cannabis has only been shown to be a short-term solution due to the possibility of people becoming addicted to the substance due to the calming effect most strains of cannabis