The world is currently seeing a health revolution with an ancient plant used medicinally and recreationally for thousands of years, before being criminalised using a vast network of propaganda in the early 20th century, making a comeback. After almost 100 years of misinformation, lies and scare tactics the world is waking up to the fact that cannabis is far from a plant that will "drive you crazy" but is in actual fact a plant with numerous health benefits and is an effective medication for some very severe conditions.
If someone would have told you 20 years ago that the 21st century would see US states, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, much of South America and Europe decriminalise cannabis and make it available for medical use chances are you would have thought of them as at least unrealistically optimistic and possibly even deluded! However, that's exactly what's happening with the last two years seeing a snowball effect which is placing pressure on countries such as the UK, which continues to deny medical use, to follow suit.
It is being found that cannabis is highly effective as an anti-convulsant and being used in severe cases of children with rare forms of epilepsy such as Dravet syndrome. Dravet syndrome can see a child have hundreds of seizures a day. Previously there had been few, if any medications that hat successfully enabled these children to love a normal life. Cannabis and Cannabis oils have changed this, with many reports of children seeing a reduction in seizures from hundreds a day to one or two a month.
This isn't the only illness this can help with, cannabis is being found to have antiseptic, anti-nausea, anti-inflammatory and pain relief properties. However, there are still gaps in research and provision which has meant that many people cannot access the medicine they need through traditional means such as national healthcare services and medical insurance. This has seen people having to pay, often very high prices, to get the help they need. Cannabis and CBD oils can be very expensive but when you know it works you are willing to make sacrifices in other areas of your life to get this help. There are other ways to save some money on your medical cannabis, looking in the right places online you can find coupon codes and introductory offers, a quick search and I found these Eaze offers for California in the US and Buds2Go discounts for Canadian mail order marijuana services. Hopefully one day we reach the point where health services are providing these medicines and that no one has to make the decision whether they can afford to purchase the medicine they need. In the meantime we must continue to fight for legalization, continue changing minds and make cannabis and its derivatives and accepted medicine worldwide.
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