The Facts About Medical Cannabis
- Everything may looks smaller than usual
- You may feel as if you’re having an out of body experience.
- You may relaxed and happy
- Some people laugh alot
- The munchies are common
- Colors may look more intense and music may sound better
- Time may feel like it’s slowing down
Cannabis can have other effects too:
If you use cannabis regularly, it can make you demotivated and uninterested in other things going on in your life, such as education or work.
Long-term use of medical marijuana can affect your ability to learn and concentrate.
Can you get addicted?
Research shows that 10% of regular cannabis users become dependent on it. Your risk of getting addicted is higher if you start using it in your teens or use it every day.
As with other addictive drugs, such as cocaine and heroin, you can develop a tolerance to cannabis. This means you need more to get the same effect says experts in the Florida Medical Marijuana program.
Cannabis and your health
Regular cannabis use increases your risk of developing a psychotic illness, such as schizophrenia. A psychotic illness is one where you have hallucinations (seeing things that aren’t really there) and delusions (believing things that aren’t really true).
Your risk of developing a psychotic illness is higher if:
- you start using cannabis at a young age
- you smoke stronger types, such as skunk
- you smoke it regularly
- you use it for a long time
- you smoke cannabis and also have other risk factors for schizophrenia, such as a family history of the illness
Other risks
Cannabis can be harmful to your lungs
People who smoke cannabis regularly are more likely to have bronchitis (where the lining of your lungs gets irritated and inflamed).
Like tobacco smoke, cannabis smoke contains cancer-causing chemicals, but it’s not clear whether this raises your risk of cancer.
If you mix cannabis with tobacco to smoke it, you risk getting tobacco-related lung diseases, such as lung cancer and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD).
You’re more likely to be injured in a road traffic accident
If you drive while under the influence of cannabis, you’re more likely to be involved in an accident. This is one reason why drug driving, like drink driving, is illegal.
Cannabis may affect your fertility
Research in animals suggests that cannabis can interfere with sperm production in males and ovulation in females.
If you’re pregnant, cannabis may harm your unborn baby
Research suggests that using cannabis regularly during pregnancy could affect your baby’s brain development.
Regularly smoking cannabis with tobacco increases the risk of your baby being born small or premature.
Cannabis increases your risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke
If you smoke it regularly for a long time, cannabis raises your chances of developing these conditions.
Research suggests it’s the cannabis smoke that increases the risk, not the active ingredients in the plant itself.
Does my age affect my risks?
Your risk of harm from cannabis, including uses such as the risk of schizophrenia, is higher if you start using it regularly in your teens.
One reason for this is that, during the teenage years, your brain is still growing and forming its connections, and cannabis interferes with this process.
Does cannabis have medicinal benefits?
Does marijuana have any health benefits you ask? Cannabis contains active ingredients called cannabinoids. Two of these – tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) – are the active ingredients of a prescription drug called Sativex. This is used to relieve the pain of muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis.
Trials are under way to test cannabis-based drugs for other conditions including cancer pain, the eye disease glaucoma, appetite loss in people with HIV or AIDS, and epilepsy in children.
If you or a loved one is sick and suffering and could use the benefits of medical marijuana, please click the closest location to your area below for more information on getting medical marijuana in Florida along with fees and pricing for medical marijuana in Florida.
Here are the qualifying conditions for medical marijuana in Florida:
- Anxiety
- ALS (Lou Gehrig’s)
- Anorexia
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Back Pain
- Cachexia (Wasting Syndrome)
- Cancer
- Crohn’s Disease
- Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Vomiting Syndrome
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Fibromyalgia
- Glaucoma
- Hepatitis C
- HIV
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Lyme Disease
- Lupus
- Migraines
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Spasms
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD)
- Seizures
- Severe & Chronic Pain
- Severe Nausea
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Spasticity
- Veterans
- Any Terminal Condition
- Other Debilitating Condition of Like Kind, Or Class
At All Natural Medical, we take this process seriously and so should you. If you have any questions or prefer to speak with a member of our team directly, don’t hesitate to call (800) 250-6737.
