With such an increase of medical marijuana use to treat health conditions, advocates and studies are showing that medical marijuana can now be used to treat anxiety disorders. Advocates believe that the chemical makeup of cannabis can be beneficial in treating anxiety, while others argue that it can actually cause anxiety. Medical marijuana has been used for centuries to treat depression an...[Read More]
Cannabis are slowly replacing opiates to relieve the pain following surgery. It will certainly do so in the future, but allowing for some cautions, it can do so now. But, in most situations and jurisdictions, such treatment is not recommended as an authorized protocol. Individual anecdotal reports emphasize the effectiveness of cannabis in treating post-operative pain, but little research...[Read More]
War on drugs is a very expensive battle due to a great number of resources go into catching those who buy and sell illegal drugs on the black market, prosecuting them in court then housing them in jail. These costs seem particularly exorbitant when dealing with the drug marijuana, as it is widely used, and is likely no more harmful than currently legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol. Ther...[Read More]
Anyone who read Milton Friedman’s Free To Choose knows that Friedman is a great supporter in the legalization of marijuana. And we can all say that Friedman isn’t alone in that regard, and he joined over 500 economists in signing An Open Letter to the President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislatures on the benefits of legalizing marijuana. Friedman isn’t the only wel...[Read More]