Top Three Medicinal Effects Of Marijuana

Marijuana was legal in India till the 1970s and 80s when western pharmaceutical companies lobbied with their respective governments and strong-armed the Indian government into making the herb illegal. This is obviously to help create the need for their medicines that could flow freely into third world countries. Understandably, the threat is real for these companies as the consumption of marijuana has a lot of benefits. Not the amount which potheads might lead you to believe but definitely plenty of great benefits.

1. Treatment of glaucoma

In the movie Rush Hour, in a bar scene, Chris Tucker tells this to a criminal: ‘You smoking marijuana? You better be having glaucoma (so that they would give a legal prescription – check out this site for more details)’ This shows how ubiquitous marijuana is as a cure for glaucoma. This is the only known cure for the disease. Weed is said to bring down the pressure inside the eyes and hence delay the effects of glaucoma perpetually.

2. Reducing anxiety

In the age of the millennials, everyone wants to be a billionaire overnight. The pressure of keeping up with the Joneses is incredible. Be it 20s or the 30s, there’s always someone better than you at something and you struggle to keep up. It is an ever raging battle, one that you don’t always win. So what is the way out? Bluntly put (pun intended), some say the solution is marijuana. It has the property of soothing the nerves and putting the body at ease. This is probably because the body releases dopamine and you feel ‘happy and high’. There is one side effect, even for pure marijuana: it does cause temporary irritability and amnesia. But because the benefits of reduced stress overweigh this small side effect, it is often overlooked.

3. Improving Metabolism

In the hit series That 70s Show, the effects of Marijuana are clearly described through blurred scenes. There are many scenes with ‘munchies’, where you get incredibly hungry after smoking up. That shows you how it improves metabolism and keeps you skinny through the years. Perhaps that is why rock stars are always skinny.

4. Improving the condition of Alzheimer’s Patients

Marijuana, when consumed, keeps things slower than what the world intends them to be. This applies to dangerous conditions occurring in old age as well. Alzheimer’s is something dreaded by the children of old parents. Marijuana is a welcome remedy because here is the medication becomes fun and takes away the sting of ‘having a condition’. Weed slows down the onset of this condition substantially.