News from Nevada: Cannabis and Pets

Directly from the state of Nevada, in the United States, come a rather unusual proposal, undoubtedly new and, many people claim, revolutionary. It is something that involves all our four-legged friends and their right to access medical cannabis. Well, if our beloved plant can help them too, why not?

Just like it does with humans, marijuana could help dogs, cats, and other animals deal with pain. This would certainly be useful for all the poor animals that suffer from chronic pain, which could be caused by tumors and articular diseases. Some experts also talk about the use of cannabis-based medicines to treat diseases that are resistant to other drugs. This would greatly improve the lives of the many pets that suffer from a wide range of “incurable” syndromes, like certain types of epilepsy.

Many animal rights associations and activists, however, are not exactly thrilled about this proposal. More specifically, they are not convinced by the lack of studies that focus on the side effects cannabis can have on animals. In fact, while you can easily and safely enjoy good quality pot (if you need to buy some, here is the perfect website to do just that http://greenhouseseeds.nl/), if you surf the web you will find people who claim cannabis can be poisonous for dogs and cats.

While this is in fact an issue that should be addressed, we should also look at what wild animals do. In fact, it is possible to find way more than a couple of videos in which wild animals eat marijuana and, in some cases, seems to actively look for the plant. And we are talking about both herbivores and carnivores. Plus, while many wild creatures seem to use it when they don’t feel very well, there are documented cases in which animals eat cannabis even when they don’t really need it. Some people think this fact simply demonstrates animals need to relax too, and they use cannabis to do that. If you think about it, life in the wild can be quite stressful.

Still, if you own a dog or a cat, you already know that animals eat grass to digest their food, or even to vomit when they need to, but sometimes they just eat grass with no apparent reason whatsoever. Why do they do that?

Well, maybe this Nevada-proposal will stimulate a new weave of researches that will help us understand our friends a little better, which is certainly something we need to do!