Medical marijuana is used worldwide to ease pain and to treat lack of appetite, depression, seizures, muscle spasms, nausea, lack of sleep, and period pain. It can also be used to treat different illnesses. Cancer is one of the most controversial illnesses when it comes to using medical marijuana. While medical marijuana cannot cure cancer, it can help dramatically in easing the effects of cancer. For example, when a person has cancer they can lose body mass. It’s like they are wasting away. Medical marijuana can promote appetite, which can lead to weight gain. The THC in marijuana helps increase fat levels instead of lean tissue. Glaucoma is another illness that can have positive benefits from medical marijuana. Glaucoma is when there is increased pressure within a person’s eyeball. This pressure can ultimately cause a gradual loss of sight. Medical marijuana is a short term relief from the pain that this pressure can cause. After 3 or 4 hours the pressure builds back up behind the eye which causes the pain to return. Arthritis is painful inflammation and stiffness of joints and muscles. As a person gets older the pain that they feel will get worse. Medical …show more content…
It can be addicting but there no reports of a fatal marijuana overdose. Since marijuana can be addicting, when a patient has not had it for a period of time they can start to go through withdrawal. One in nine people form an addiction to medical marijuana. The longer a person uses medical marijuana, the higher the chance of them forming an addiction. Some side effects such as weight gain, delayed reflexes, drowsiness, and hunger as seem to be considered minimal when compared to the benefits of marijuana. There are some side effects that are seen as “not worth the risk”. Some of these symptoms include diarrhea, decreased immune function, short-term problems in memory, paranoia, and even