This is a really moving story and not the only of its' kind, but I also worry that a lot of people are being turned onto what we call CBD-only medical marijuana legislation, which is unfortunate. It is possible that some states or municipalities which are / were / will be ready for broader measures will take the half-measure of legalizing CBD-only treatments.
You make it sound like that's a bad thing to legalize CBD-only treatment.
If CBD is the valuable compound here, why combine it with THC?
Personally I think they should make it schedule 2 or 3 instead of 1 and let it be prescribed like all the thousands of other drugs - there is nothing special about marijuana that requires self-prescription.
(Well actually I think people should be able to prescribe themselves anything they want as long as they pass a basic test on it, and take measures to avoid exposing other people - so smoking would be right out, but that's a different world.)
Cannabinoids are very interesting. They're naturally occurring in both plants and animals and researches believe the Endocannabinoid system (ECS) plays a very large role in homeostasis. Cannabinoids have even been shown to induce apoptosis (essentially reversing cancer cell growth).
Within different strains of marijuana you get different ratios of different cannabinoids (THC, CBD, CBN, etc.) and the self-medicators have discovered that these different ratios are good for treating different ailments.
I'm a firm believer that all cannabinoids need to be fully legal (and the cannabis plant material) so they can be studied in greater detail. I believe one day we'll see cannabinoids in our daily vitamin and mineral supplements (probably not the intoxicating kind though).
Epilepsy is not the only condition this plant cures, far from it, it's just the most dramatic because you can measure the decrease in seizures so rapidly.
[+] [-] justizin|11 years ago|reply
[+] [-] ars|11 years ago|reply
If CBD is the valuable compound here, why combine it with THC?
Personally I think they should make it schedule 2 or 3 instead of 1 and let it be prescribed like all the thousands of other drugs - there is nothing special about marijuana that requires self-prescription.
Edit: Looks like they've done that: http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2014/02/111641/marijuana-derived-ep...
(Well actually I think people should be able to prescribe themselves anything they want as long as they pass a basic test on it, and take measures to avoid exposing other people - so smoking would be right out, but that's a different world.)
[+] [-] danford|11 years ago|reply
Within different strains of marijuana you get different ratios of different cannabinoids (THC, CBD, CBN, etc.) and the self-medicators have discovered that these different ratios are good for treating different ailments.
I'm a firm believer that all cannabinoids need to be fully legal (and the cannabis plant material) so they can be studied in greater detail. I believe one day we'll see cannabinoids in our daily vitamin and mineral supplements (probably not the intoxicating kind though).
[+] [-] h1karu|11 years ago|reply
[+] [-] jwgur|11 years ago|reply