Cannabis: the Future of Medicine?
naturally as healing agents. Why should cannabis, used for at least 10000 years by humankind to alleviate suffering, be ex- cluded from this inexorable mandate?
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The politics of cannabis are exceed- ingly complex, and yet the truth is simple:
he future of medicine rests on the fundamental right we all have to use things that spring from the Earth
this freely growing plant heals the human body - not to mention provides food, fuel, clothing and shelter, if only we will let it perform its birthright. In a previous article, we investigated the strange fact that the human body is in many ways pre-de- signed, or as it were, pre-loaded with a receptiveness to cannabis' active com- pounds -- cannabinoids -- thanks to its well documented endocannabinoid system.
Daniel Lackey, FNP-C
www.RobinhoodIntegrativeHealth.com Daniel Lackey, FNP-C
Daniel Lackey, FNP-C is a board certified Nurse Practitioner. His background is in Emergency Medi- cine, with 5 years of experience as an ER nurse. His nurse practitioner degree includes specialties in fami- ly practice and adult gerontological acute care. Following his true pas- sion, however, he also obtained a certification in functional medi- cine. He finds it is truly rewarding and efficacious to address the root cause of illness instead of viewing the body as separate systems.
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NaturalTriad.com But the medical-industrial complex in
the U.S. does not want you to use these freely growing compounds. They threaten its very business model and existence. Which is why it synergizes so naturally with the burgeoning privatized prison sec- tor, which now has the dubious title of having the highest incarceration rate in the world. The statistics don't lie:
"Far surpassing any other nation, for
every 100,000 Americans, 743 citizens sit behind bars. Presently, the prison popula- tion in America consists of more than six million people, a number exceeding the amount of prisoners held in the gulags of the former Soviet Union at any point in its history."
According to an Al-Jeezera editorial,
"One explanation for the boom in the prison population is the mandatory sen- tencing imposed for drug offences and the "tough on crime" attitude that has prevailed since the 1980s."
Cannabis/marijuana is presently on
the DEA's Schedule 1 list. Since 1972, cannabis has been listed on the Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the most tightly restricted category reserved for drugs which have "no currently ac-
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