The Pros And Cons Of Off Medical Marijuana

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How would you feel being the mother of a child who was told that they only have mere months to live? This was the case for the mother of 2, Cheri O'Connell. Her younger daughter was suffering from over 20,000 seizers a year, this equated to roughly 60 per day. The debilitating effects of epilepsy had reached a bitter end on young Tara and her body couldn’t take much more. After hundreds of trailed and failed pharmaceutical drugs they resulted to using a controversial medication – Cannabis Oil. The results were astounding; Cheri speaks of her child going from a dazed and uncontrollable state to being able to walk and communicate within 15 minutes. This has been the case for over 70 suffering families in Australia with children that have life threatening diseases. They have all turned to medical cannabis and over 70% have reported significant improvements. So where does this leave us? Why hasn’t the government just simply made it readily available for use at any time? First…show more content…
To obtain the drug in oil form is quite a long an arduous task, but is necessary for it to be legal. The dry bud from the cannabis plant is placed in a solvent which strips the THC; this is the bit we want from the plant. It is then placed through many boiling, filtering and vaporizing processes that in turn produce the oil we want. Different methods can obtain different tinctures, some with the psychoactive effects and some with just the pain killing effects. The reason Medical Cannabis is currently being pushed so hard in Australia is because of the surfacing truths about the drug. A recent air on Australian Television had the program viewers vote on the topic; Medical Cannabis should be legalized and regulated. An astounding 3 Million votes came through and 96% were in favour. This is a huge number and is good evidence of the forward push for the drugs
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