Thursday, September 7, 2017

Get to Know the Pros and Cons of Using Marijuana

As you all know, there are always a good side and a bad side to almost everything. In fact, even the usual medicines that you intake have its pros and cons. This article by Thomas Strouse will help you know the different pros and cons of using marijuana:


Some opinion polls suggest voters will soon approve California’s Proposition 64, legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use. If that proves to be the case, legalization will bring with it some perhaps surprising public health pros and cons – and voters need to weigh both very seriously before they head to the polls. 
Nearly two decades of research have shown that marijuana can be beneficial in alleviating pain and other symptoms associated with an array of illnesses, including cancer and multiple sclerosis. As a palliative-care physician, I have been impressed with patient accounts of the relief they’ve experienced from marijuana – relief that they sometimes didn’t get from first- and second-line prescriptions. Read full post here…


            

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