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REPORT: RECREATIONAL USE DOES NOT EXIST; ALL CANNABIS USE IS MEDICINAL
All cannabis use is for medicinal purposes—even those who use the plant recreationally—according to a recent report.
In American, perceptions of the drug cannabis—both for medicinal and recreational use— have steadily changed over the past few years. Back in 2012, Colorado became the first state to decriminalize possession and use of the drug. Since then, the trend has only continued to spread across the country.
Medical cannabis use is now legal in 23 states, and other states are expected to follow suit very soon. Mounting evidence supporting the medical benefits of using marijuana—the National Cancer Institute (NCI) confirmed that cannabis kills cancer cells back in August—has likely helped changed Americans’ attitudes towards the drug
According to a number of polls, the majority of Americans support cannabis legalization, especially for medicinal use. However, those who have yet to be swayed by the mounting evidence and the change in public opinion, are continuing to make a firm stand in the fight against drugs.
Daniel Macris, owner of Halycon Organics, explains:
““Recreational cannabis use” is the most detrimental phrase our industry faces today.
Over half the U.S. population supports “recreational use” of cannabis. Unfortunately, those whose don’t support recreational use, oppose it vitriolically. “Recreational cannabis” is exactly what the opposition is fighting to prevent.
The flip side to this is that over 80% of Americans support medical cannabis use and over 85% support freedom in healthcare decisions. All of these statistics are trending upwards.
In the South, “recreational cannabis use” is a non-starter and a debate that cannot be empirically won. On the other hand, “medical cannabis use” is a debate we win. And we don’t need to manipulate our messaging to change the debate, we need only to correctly identify ‘medicinal use.’”
This argument is becoming strengthened by our increased understanding of the endocannabinoid system; emerging science of cannabinoids has revealed that a functional cannabinoid system is essential for our health.
In 2006, the National Institutes of Health reported:
“The recent identification of cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous lipid ligands has triggered an exponential growth of studies exploring the endocannabinoid system and its regulatory functions in health and disease…
In the past decade, the endocannabinoid system has been implicated in a growing number of physiological functions, both in the central and peripheral nervous systems and in peripheral organs. More importantly, modulating the activity of the endocannabinoid system turned out to hold therapeutic promise in a wide range of disparate diseases and pathological conditions, ranging from mood and anxiety disorders, movement disorders such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease, neuropathic pain, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury, to cancer, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, stroke, hypertension, glaucoma, obesity/metabolic syndrome, and osteoporosis, to name just a few.”
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http://federalresearch.co/report-recreational-use-does-not-exist-all-cannabis-use-is-medicinal/
All cannabis use is for medicinal purposes—even those who use the plant recreationally—according to a recent report.
In American, perceptions of the drug cannabis—both for medicinal and recreational use— have steadily changed over the past few years. Back in 2012, Colorado became the first state to decriminalize possession and use of the drug. Since then, the trend has only continued to spread across the country.
Medical cannabis use is now legal in 23 states, and other states are expected to follow suit very soon. Mounting evidence supporting the medical benefits of using marijuana—the National Cancer Institute (NCI) confirmed that cannabis kills cancer cells back in August—has likely helped changed Americans’ attitudes towards the drug
According to a number of polls, the majority of Americans support cannabis legalization, especially for medicinal use. However, those who have yet to be swayed by the mounting evidence and the change in public opinion, are continuing to make a firm stand in the fight against drugs.
Daniel Macris, owner of Halycon Organics, explains:
““Recreational cannabis use” is the most detrimental phrase our industry faces today.
Over half the U.S. population supports “recreational use” of cannabis. Unfortunately, those whose don’t support recreational use, oppose it vitriolically. “Recreational cannabis” is exactly what the opposition is fighting to prevent.
The flip side to this is that over 80% of Americans support medical cannabis use and over 85% support freedom in healthcare decisions. All of these statistics are trending upwards.
In the South, “recreational cannabis use” is a non-starter and a debate that cannot be empirically won. On the other hand, “medical cannabis use” is a debate we win. And we don’t need to manipulate our messaging to change the debate, we need only to correctly identify ‘medicinal use.’”
This argument is becoming strengthened by our increased understanding of the endocannabinoid system; emerging science of cannabinoids has revealed that a functional cannabinoid system is essential for our health.
In 2006, the National Institutes of Health reported:
“The recent identification of cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous lipid ligands has triggered an exponential growth of studies exploring the endocannabinoid system and its regulatory functions in health and disease…
In the past decade, the endocannabinoid system has been implicated in a growing number of physiological functions, both in the central and peripheral nervous systems and in peripheral organs. More importantly, modulating the activity of the endocannabinoid system turned out to hold therapeutic promise in a wide range of disparate diseases and pathological conditions, ranging from mood and anxiety disorders, movement disorders such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease, neuropathic pain, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury, to cancer, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, stroke, hypertension, glaucoma, obesity/metabolic syndrome, and osteoporosis, to name just a few.”
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http://federalresearch.co/report-recreational-use-does-not-exist-all-cannabis-use-is-medicinal/
