Seriously, would like to know.
If it can be identified, then extract and administer in pill form.
There are a few cannabinoids that relieve pain and some that reduce inflammation (a cause of pain) others that shrink tumors that cause pain, etc.
Cannabis has been synthesized it is does not work as well as the real thing.
Medicine originally came from plants and still does, why do some people think chemical medicine is better and safer? It is not. 200,000 in US die each year from adverse reactions to pharmaceutical drugs, and that does not include overdosing.
The most effective form of cannabis as medicine is oil extract, one to three drops a day the size of a grain of uncooked rice is the normal dosage. I suppose you could let the drops dry out and call it a “pill”. Headshake .... such fear over a plant, BTW you can use cannabis medically without the psychoactive effects of THC, sort of like eating a grape or putting some oregano on your food.
If you want to know why cannabis works medically, research Endocannabinoids which are produced by our bodies and have nothing to do with Cannabinoids which are found in the cannabis plant. Both Encannabinoids and Cannabinoids fit into receptors throughout our bodies called CB1 and CB2 receptors and our immune system. Science may help wash away ignorance and fear.
I’m just now really digging into the research on this and one of the ways that it helps is with reducing inflammation. For me, this would be about 50% of the battle. (That would be CBT)
The other way that it helps is by reducing muscle spasms. For me, that would be another 25% of the battle.
Go here: http://azmarijuana.com/arizona-medical-marijuana-news/tips-arizona-medical-marijuana-card/
And check out the graph about half way down the page.
Part of the problem is that the feds has marijuana listed as a ‘schedule 1’ drug. That means that there’s no medical benefit and so research isn’t allowed.
If I could reduce my inflammation and muscle spasms by 75%, I could get off of narcotics completely.
My body is so ripped up by the steroids that I can’t even get them any more. (Bone loss, loss of immunity) The doctor is terrified to give me another shot. My surgeon flat-out said that I cannot have steroid injections in my spine because of all of the hardware that I have in there.
I take so much aspirin and ibuprophen that my doctors don’t know how I even have a stomach left. My liver is damaged from the daily Tylenol.
Modern medicine has nothing left to offer me.
In researching the benefits of marijuana, I’ve found that the best course of action for someone like me is cannabis oil used as a suppository. You get less of a ‘high’ (which many people find a nightmare to deal with and, I know that I’d be one of them) but all of the other benefits of the medication. From what I’ve read, it takes about 3 weeks for the benefits to kick in.
One of the problems with the WOD is that it doesn’t allow for the research that you’re interested in. Yet, scientists are breaking the law all over the world to get us what we’ve got.