Cannabis and Parkinson’s Disease: A New Revelation
A new study indicates cannabis can help patients manage the symptoms associated with the terrible Parkinson’s disease. The results were recently published in the journal Clinical Neuropharmacology, and indicate that patients who suffer from Parkinson’s disease sleep better and feel less pain when cannabis is added to the mix. Even motor symptoms seem to improve thanks to the plant.
The study, titled Cannabis (Medical Marijuana) Treatment for Motor and Non–Motor Symptoms of Parkinson Disease: An Open-Label Observational Study, is one of the latest researches to confirm the benefits of medical marijuana.
What makes it significant is the fact that it focuses on Parkinson’s disease, a terrible disorder that affects more than 200.000 people every year…in the United States alone. The symptoms include muscle stiffness and rigidity, speech and writing problems of various kind, impaired posture and decreased ability of unconscious movements. It is a progressive disorder of the nervous system, a disease that forces people to lose control of their movements and of their lives. And it is precisely this lack of control the worst consequence those who suffer from Parkinson’s disease have to negotiate.
In a culture based on the celebration of the self-made person, a disease that takes away both freedom and self-determination is not only a nightmare: it is something that pushes the patient towards the margins of society. Many of those who suffer from this terrible disorder soon become depressed, and lose way more than their ability to control their muscles: they lose their lives.
This is why cannabis can give life back to these patients. By taking away pain and stress, and by helping people deal with some of the major motor impairments, marijuana brings hope and freedom to the patients. In the end, if we are relaxed and able to move, everything else seems easier to face: would’t you agree?
And you don’t even have to suffer from Parkinson’s disease to enjoy the freedom and the benefits cannabis can give you. Just visit http://greenhouseseeds.nl/ and you will find some of best weed you will ever be able to purchase legally. And I say “legally”, just to be clear. However, studies like the one I mentioned here should be more than enough to convince everyone that the real crime is not selling or using pot, but turning a potentially life-saving plant into a kind of nonsensical monster.
Things are changing, thankfully. Still…what a crime!
