So, why is the US Government denying the
results of this research??
I think that’s a very good question to be
asking.
Marijuana, Cannabis, THC, and the like are
all being categorised under a Schedule 1 Drug
with “no currently accepted medical use.” NO
CURRENTLY ACCEPTED MEDICAL
USE? They have got to be joking, right?
Sadly, they are not. At least, they expect us to
take it seriously.
Please explain to me why cannabis use in
medicine dates back over three thousand
(3,000) years yet is not currently accepted for
medical use. While the world is
acknowledg ing the benefits, our government
lets us look like idiots to the rest of the world.
It is not as if we will ever learn the truth about
cannabinoids, right? Is that arrogant, or is it
just me?
The medical field sees fit to use it for
thousands of years, but suddenly it has no
medical purpose. Uh huh. Thank you for that
useless bit of propaganda. Feeling good about
that one?
While one side of our government was
prosecuting and persecuting those found in
possession of marijuana, the other side was
funding research long before the war.
Countless lives have been adversely affected
by the senseless war on a plant which has been
recognized for thousands of years.
…and here we are funding research in another
country which is destroying the ideas being
presented to the American Public about
cannabis, marijuana, THC, and CBD.
Fast forward to this century, decade, and year.
The American Public is being shown the truth
about cannabis by independent researchers.
There is mountain upon mountain of evidence
that has surfaced regarding cannabinoids,
cannabis and cannabis extracts.
The American Epilepsy Society is touting
CBD Oil (a compound found in cannabis and
industrial hemp) as the best-known treatment
for epilepsy. That sounds like some pretty
impressive backing.
Raphael Mechoulam, now 84, was the first
person to isolate the structure of both
cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC). He also performed the first tests for
the medicinal value of THC.
While researching in Israel, he was receiving
$100,000 per year to research various projects
involving marijuana, THC, and CBD.
Mechoulam was able to discover what was
called the “endocannabinoid system.”
Endocannabinoids and their receptors are
found throughout the body: in the brain,
organs, connective tissues, glands, and
immune cells. In each tissue, the cannabinoid
system performs different tasks, but the goal
is always the same: homeostasis, the
maintenance of a stable internal environment
despite fluctuations in the external
environment.
Although this man was revolutionising the
way the medical field looks at cannabis, the
results of his research were denied and
ignored. The Government and the NIH was
paying this man $100,000 a year to research
the very thing for which countless lives were
being destroyed.
The research funded is the basis for much of
our current medical and scientific
understanding of cannabis. This research
should have been used to guide marijuana,
cannabis, THC, and CBD law reformation.
Instead, it was hidden away like the freaky
cousin no one wants to explain.
“Marijuana was an integral part of American
medicine for more than 100 years, from the
1830s through the 1940s, and it was used
safely and effectively for all of that time,”
Those with the conditions found to be helped
with cannabis or cannabis products should not
have to struggle to gain access to relief.
Countless people have needlessly suffered
because of the callousness of the powers that
be! The research should have been expanded
as soon as there was the first hint of viability
in medical application. Instead, they denied
any and all knowledge of the very thing that
could help, even save lives!