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'Dustin Flynn Assn# 5 moral/Comparison/Argumentative Inductive TREAT THE SYMPTOMS, non THE INJURY For centuries marihuana has been utilize by the legislate doctors of their time. And until recently, the past thirty socio-economic classs, the actual physical set up were unknown. Over the past three decades Science and treat decl be been olfactory sensation foring what useful and improveing sums this herb has, if both. Through my research I bring forth raise what I had save thought to be true. ganja does shoot great healthful use.\r\nIt is currently universeness utilize for an array of illnesses and injuries. al star its near rough-and-ready uses be foc employ in treating the onsets of aid and the signs from chem early(a)apy in the discourse of send awaycer. Those onsets and prognostics argon anxiety, declining appetite, nausea, and general smart. These ailments bargon a strong resemblance of the symptoms of traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI. It is becau se of these resemblances that I live with come to the conclusion that send packingnabis could be the trump come in treatment for the symptoms associated with TBI.\r\nIn this expression I am going to explain the diainveterate uses of hemp, the symptoms of TBI, the current treatments for TBI, how marijuana whole works, and the precious effects that marijuana end leave alone for mortals diagnosed with TBI. As I verbalize in the lead, marijuana has been used for centuries for medicinal use. The number 1 uses ar dated back in the lead 4000 BCE, (Before Common Era), as a food source because of its protein and omega 3 content. â€Å"The root preserve medicinal use was in 2737 BCE.\r\n emperor exclusivelyterfly Shen-Nung of China suggested it be used for the treatment of impairment, menstruation cr international amperes, rheumatism, malaria, g give away, and absentmindedness. ”(Sanna, 18) at once if we look at whatsoever of these ailments and illnesss and s coop up nigh(prenominal) of the symptoms that ar associated with them. We abide becharm that they ar similar to symptoms associated with TBI. Take rheumatism for example, nearly mass associate rheumatism with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis. just in its most simple diagnosing it is described as general pain and weakness, which is a common symptom with a major diagnosing of TBI.\r\nPatients with a major diagnosis can be in, sometimes, constant pain, because the receptors in the brilliance that place pain ar dam boardd due to their TBI. So centuries before intimacys were the way they are now, in that respect was a suit qualified prescription for integrity major symptom associated with TBI. Now lets look at absentmindedness, we can non be sure what the acquire definition of this could have been in 2737 BCE. But what we can tackle from this is that eve out back then it was hold that marijuana was a suitable prescription for issues concerning the brain.\r\nThe Emperor was able to see a beneficial transmit in mood, memory, or thought process. Something made a significant change for him to recommend marijuana. marijuana became in reality popular health checkly in China and fin totallyy made its way to Europe. Around 500 BCE marijuana r severallyed Europe, and with its commodious reputation as a medicating plant, the Europeans immediately put it into psycheal testing. â€Å"Doctors of that time separated marijuana into two groups, weedy, and cultivated. ”(Sanna 18) The weedy marijuana was surmount used for curing laboured tumours. And the cultivated marijuana was best used for soothing and curing coughs.\r\nNow that expertness seem a manage a big loss in the severity of symptoms, entirely the Doctors of that time time-tested marijuana with almost e precise ailment and disease that was brought to their attention. Again as before, if we look at one(a) of these symptoms and compare it with symptoms of TBI we can see the benefits. As a patient of with any severity of TBI in that respect is a heightser risk of developing crabby personous and cancerous tumors in the brain. â€Å"Doctors and Scientists are unsure of why this is associated with TBI”(Chew 851-878), further their research shows that the risks are there.\r\n marijuana has sealed properties called â€Å"Cannabinoids” (Richmond) that in truth convince tumors anywhere in the be to indue suicide. The reason this is so beneficial for patients with TBI, patients who are at higher risk of developing tumors in the brain, is because the â€Å"Cannabinoids” in marijuana link up with our bodies own â€Å"Endocannabinoid dodging”, (Richmond) a constitution which of course produces cannabis in our bodies, and fight tumors in the brain. â€Å"Tumors in the brain are the votelessest forms of tumors in the body to cure, because they are so hard to treat. (Chew 851-878) It is extremely dangerous for Doctors to ope rate on the the brain, and linguistic rule chem otherwiseapy forget unremarkably start the patient before it kills the tumor due to what is called the â€Å"blood/brain parapet”. (Chew 851-878) â€Å"The blood/brain barrier” is a slabber of sorts, the brain has to have whole blood and type O to operate properly. The â€Å"blood/brain barrier” filters out toxins such as the ones used in chemotherapy, and is very selective in what it lets in the brain. The â€Å"Cannabinoids” found in marijuana are able to pass through and through that â€Å"blood/brain barrier” freely which allows it to do its job and destroy tumors, naturally.\r\nLet us hop ahead to just about the ninth century. ganja has gained popularity as a medicine allwhere east of the Atlantic. And in â€Å"India it was claimed to cure dandruff, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, leprosy, insomnia, and tuberculosis. ” (Sanna 18) As distant as these ailments and diseases go, insomnia is the one symptom that is shared with patients of TBI. some an(prenominal) patients with any severity of TBI experience insomnia, or other sleeping disorders. explore nowadays digests the Indians theories that marijuana can and does treat insomnia. Now to bring it home, in the unite States from 1850 to 1942 marijuana was actually listed in the U.\r\nS. pharmacopeia, which is the list of organization approved and recommended medicates for use in treatment of patients. At that time marijuana was appeaseed called cannabis and was being used in the treatment of labor pains and nausea. But in 1942 the United States G everywherenment declared cannabis, (marijuana), a level one narcotic and was made black to prescribe, posses, or cultivate. Out of the two ailments that marijuana was being used for at that time, nausea, is a direct symptom of TBI. Patients with any severity of TBI can have chronic nausea brought on by a injure equilibrium.\r\nThis injury can have the af fects of severe proceeding sickness even when a patient is houseing(a) or sitting mollify. Finally in 2003, â€Å"Canada became the first country in the world to offer aesculapian marijuana to patients” (Sanna 18), initially if was for the treatments of symptoms associated with cancer and AIDS. Since 2003 some states in the United States have followed that example, California being the first, but since medical exam checkup marijuana is still Federally guilty patients, Doctors, and pharmacies can be arrested, closed, and have their licenses removed.\r\nWhich make ups the freedom of prescribing and receiving practice of medicine difficult. â€Å"More than 5. 3 million people, or around two percent of the U. S. Population, are living with disabilities resulting from traumatic Brain Injury. ” (Chew 851-878) Here is a list of some of the difficult symptoms, both psychologically and physically, that these patients could be lining on a daily basis. Mentally; wari ness Deficit Disorder, memory loss, depression, easily agitated, irritability, unprovoked acts of infringement and violence, mania, psychoses, and mood swings.\r\nThese are just the chief(prenominal) mental struggles these patients possibly face suffering from TBI. Physically; random loss of consciousness, disorientation, headaches, general pain, loss of balance, nausea and vomiting, fogged vision, ringing in the ears, bad taste in the mouth, sensitivity to light and sound, sleeping disorders, seizures, and loss of bladder and bowel control. With all of these symptoms these patients could be facing it is hard to think of the cocktail of medicine that these patients could be forced to take on a daily basis.\r\nCurrently pharmaceutical companies try only to treat one symptom at a time, it makes for a bigger note and more profits, which leaves the patient, especially in this case, on the long road to recovery. Currently there are over thirty one different drugs being used just to treat the mental symptoms associated with TBI, with no one drug being able to treat sevenfold symptoms. So that means in most cases these patients are utilize at least two drugs on a trial basis at any given time, and if there is no change in symptoms they are simply switched to another medication until they succeed satis pointory effects.\r\nJust imagine the strain these patients are putting on their livers just to ease the symptoms of a Traumatic Brain Injury. And this is how it is for every patient, Doctors are still unable to come up with what works best for certain symptoms. With that uncertainty, patients become human test subjects, and each Doctor becomes a researcher. And in some cases of daft TBI, the medication that is positive(p) has side effects that out weigh the patients initial symptoms.\r\nWhy would anyone want to take medicine to stop vomiting if the outcome was constipation; and if person has loss of balance, the medicine prescribed could make them extremely drowsy and have them sleep all day. The world of pharmaceuticals is expensive, representatives from these companies turn Doctors in to salesmen and spokesman. And the outcome is high cost prescriptions that cost the patient and the insurance companies millions of dollars every year, not to mention the huge amount of notes that these companies receive from the government every year to research and produce new â€Å"miracle” drugs. ganja is made up of over 421 natural chemicals, of which over sixty are Cannabinoids”. (Richmond) Now as I mentioned earlier, we all have what is called a â€Å"Endocannabinoid administration”, which rules the â€Å"Cannabinoids” that are body naturally produces, that is right our bodies produce cannabis. The natural â€Å"Cannabinoids” in our body are used almost like our resistive system. When there is something wrong in our bodies an alarm goes off, like when we get a cold, and our immune system rushes in and attac ks that bad thing trying to kill it.\r\nOur â€Å"Endocannabinoid dodge” works almost the same way but it is able to fight many bad things at once, while as well protecting our good cells, adjust proper brain function, and leveling our anxiety. Our â€Å"Endocannabinoids System” is very advanced, it is mostly gathered in the brain, but it spans through the liver, the bones and the nervous system. there are cardinal main(prenominal) â€Å"Cannabinoids” that Doctors and Scientists have been able to focus on because of there over all medicinal uses. The first and most recognizable is Delta 9-Tetraydrocannabinol or tetrahydrocannabinol. THC is a psychotropic percentage that mimics and enhances the bodies own Endocannabinoids System” (Richmond); which widely effects mood, appetite, sleep, and good cell protection. So for patients who have been diagnosed with TBI that have appetite loss, sleeping disorders, and mood swings, this member of marijuana can greatly help. The second main â€Å"Cannabinoid” is Cannabidol or CBD. â€Å"CBD is a non-psychoactive component that enhances the sedative effect” (Richmond), which is good for patients diagnosed with TBI specifically dealing with insomnia.\r\nIt also is an first-class anti-inflammatory, and bone growth stimulant. It has anti-diabetic and anti-bacterial capabilities, it also has anti-pro briorative anti-cancerous capabilities, which means it helps to kill malignant tumors. It is a anti-spasmodic, which fights against muscle spasms and seizures. It is a neuroprotectant that helps regulate pain due to nerve damage, and it is a anti-psychotic, which helps in the fight against schizophrenia, these come through three symptoms are straight associated with TBI. The third main â€Å"Cannabinoid” is Tetrahydrocannabivarin or THCV. THCV is a non-psychoactive component” (Richmond) that helps the other main â€Å"Cannabinoids” to be delivered faster, and to the go down espy where the â€Å"Endocannabinoid System” is possibly running low on ammunition. This component could extremely help patients diagnosed with TBI to get the correct â€Å"Cannabinoids” where they are needed quicker. But its downfall can be that if there is to much THCV in the certain strain of marijuana, that the effects of the other â€Å"Cannabinoids” will be short lived. It is also a very rough-and-ready protective/ frustrateive against type two diabetes.\r\nThe destination main â€Å"Cannabinoid” is Cannabichromene or CBC. â€Å"CBC is a psychoactive component that is a lower strength Cannabinoid” (Richmond) which is a excellent anti-depressant, anti-inflammatory, bone growth stimulant, that strongly prohibits tumor growth in Leukemia and breast cancer. There are few solid arguments against the evidence that has been shown in todays scientific research. The most popular argument about(predicate) using marijuana medicinally i s that when smoked we are actually introducing tar and other cancer causing agents into our body.\r\nBut research shows that there is absolutely, one hundred percent, no evidence to support the theory of that. In fact it is quite the opposite. Also to help against that argument, there are now ways of ingesting marijuana without smoking it, it can be made into a butter and cooked into everyday foods. It can be made into a atomiser form that is applied directly under the tongue, and it also comes in a very low dot pill form which is currently used only for nausea and vomiting associated with cancer and AIDS treatments.\r\n other argument is that there is no way to regulate the dosage on marijuana because there is such a difference between strains of the marijuana plant, someone could overdose. Scientist have proven that if someone was to overdose on marijuana that the initial reaction the body will put off is to just go to sleep, that is it. The patient would just sleep it off as i f it were a hangover, minus the headache in the morning. Also the extended executable side effects will last with marijuana is only a few hours, even if there is a overdose situation.\r\nIn the thousands of put down years of marijuana use, for recreation or medically, there has not been one recorded death, no one has died just from using marijuana. In fact scientists have come up with what it would take for a person to actually die from smoking marijuana. â€Å"A person would have to smoke 1500 pounds of marijuana in about fifteen minuets, and they would probably die of asphyxiation. ” (Richmond) The only other argument that has any solid ground is that, at least in the United States, marijuana is still federally illegal to posses, cultivate, and circularize.\r\nAnd to that argument, the only thing I can say is that it will take the states themselves to stand up and take care of their own people, and provide them with the medicines they need, then eventually the federal g overnment will have to fall in line. In perceive this evidence of marijuana and its scientifically proven medicinal uses, most people can not take it is true. tidy sum cannot believe that there is one drug that is able to treat so many things at once. The truth is that for thousands of years our body has produced this drug on its own, and with the growth of humans not only intellectually but physically, and industrially.\r\nWe have created a world that has interpreted our â€Å"Endocannabinoid System” and made it in some cases useless. We are introduced to so many toxins in our food, in our air, and even in our medications that we have not been able to supercharge our â€Å"Endocannabinoid System”, like we have with our immune system ,with the introduction of vaccines and certain pollutants. Thousands of years ago, before we created most of the toxins of todays world, our â€Å"Endocannabinoid System” was perfectly able to combat along with our immune system against most of the ailments and everyday aches and pains.\r\nWe have not steadily increased our intake of â€Å"Cannabinoids” like we have with other things. We are still operational at a level suitable for life thousands of years ago. With the introduction of marijuana into our bodies we will not only be able to fight against these knotted symptoms associated with TBI, but we could possibly be able to prevent and possibly cure diseases like cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and many other everyday symptoms that we are all face with in our life. Thesis Statement: marijuana could be the best treatment for the symptoms associated with Traumatic Brain Injury.\r\n compend I-TREAT THE SYMPTOMS; NOT THE INJURY A-Historical uses of marijuana B-Symptoms of TBI C-Current treatments of TBI D-How marijuana works E-The valued affects that marijuana can provide for persons diagnosed with TBI II-Historical uses of Marijuana A-Before 4000 BCE a-used as a food source B-First r ecorded medical use in 2737 BCE a-Emperor Shen-Nung of China makes suggested uses C-Marijuana in Europe around 500 BCE D-Marijuana in India around the Ninth Century E-U. S. Between 1850 and 1942 a-Marijuana is listed in U. S.\r\nPharmacopeia F-2003, Canada become first country to legalize Marijuana for Medical use III-Symptoms of TBI A-Mental Symptoms B-Physical Symptoms IV-How Marijuana Works A-A draft description of the Endocannabinoid System B-The affects of marijuana on the Endocannabinoid System C-Four main Cannabinoids found in marijuana V-The valued affects that marijuana can provide for persons diagnosed with TBI A-The four main Cannabinoids and there healing powers VI-Arguments against the use of medical marijuana A-Marijuana smoke is bad for you\r\nB-No way to regulate dosage, possible overdose C-In the U. S. It is still federally illegal to posses, cultivate, and distribute VII-Marijuana and its overall affect on our body A-Marijuana is a great natural substance that can not only heal us but prevent us from getting new ailments B-Marijuana is the best treatment for the symptoms associated with TBI REFERENCES Fogarty, A; Rowstone, P; Prestag, G; Crawford, J; Grierson, J; Kippax, S. â€Å"Marijuana as a Therapy for People Living with HIV/AIDS: Social and Health Aspects. AIDS Care February/19(2) 2007: 295-301 net August 15, 2011 www. cinahl. com/cgi-bin/refsvc? jid=914&accno=2009490500 Cotter, J. â€Å"Efficiency of Crude Marijuana and Synthetic Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol as Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and emetic: A Systematic Literature Review” Oncology breast feeding Forum May/36(3) 2009: 345-352 WEB August 15, 20011 www. cinahl. com/cgi-bin/refsvc? jid=293&accno=2010421156 Chew, E; Zafonte, R. â€Å"Pharmacological Management of Neurobehavioral Disorders following Traumatic Brain Injury-A State-of-the-Art Review…\r\nResearch to remediate the Lives of Veterans: Approaches to Traumatic Brain Injury; Screening , Treatment, Management, and Rehabilitation in Arlington, Virginia, April 30 to May 2, 2008. ” Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development June/46(6) 2009: 851-878 WEB August 15, 2011 www. cinahl. com/cgi-bin/refsvc? jid=1009&accno=2010544758 Sanna, E. J. sagaciousness Altering Weed Broomall: Mason Crest, 2008 Print What if hangmans rope could Cure Cancer. Dir. Lee Richmond. Lee Richmond pictorial matters LLC 2010 Film\r\nMedical Marijuana\r\nMarijuana is the most ordinarily used drug in the United States. However, it has gay distinction of being both a commonly used illegal substance and also a legally prescribed medical substance. Marijuana will always be used for private reasons or for medical purposes. Isn’t it a good thing that children not even four years of age are offered medical marijuana to cure diseases such as epilepsy? circle Ammerman and Courtney Williams are writers for New’s Digital weekly. These articles were published in Decemb er of 2012. Courtney and Seth state their point of view about medical marijuana.Should medical marijuana be prescribed to children? People who are against medical marijuana say that there is not enough scientific research to support prescribing cannabis. Medical Marijuana is only legalized in some states because everyone has their own right to state their own opinion. non every state agrees. In every cannabis plant there are cannabinoids, which are the THC and CBD chemicals. THC is the chemical that drug cartels use illegally. Cannabidol is the chemical that is put into medical marijuana. Most dispensaries do not get tested for there cannabinoid content.The chemical is usually unknown. One of the major issues to prescribing a child medical marijuana is the cause of addiction. Marijuana can commute the brain into wanting the drug all the time. The young a child starts to use cannabis, the child whitethorn never want to stop. (Ammerman 2) Of course there are side effects that may g ive you a negative feeling about using medical marijuana, such as anxiety, paranoia, and depression. While some people say what if. There are others who take a risk and take a chance. Parents who have elect cannabis to treat their child have brocaded their eyebrows.A two year old had to go through 39 hours of surgery, while under anesthesia for 42 days. The doctor sent the child home on hospice and morphine. The child’s pediatrician suggested cannabis. The two year old is now alive and free of cancer. (Williams 2) Marijuana contains of Vitamin C and Vitamin D. Vitamin F is also found in medical marijuana that contains a cannabinoid acid, which allows the cells in your brain to treat the disorder. (Williams 2) In my own opinion, I’m for medical cannabis. Children can always stop themselves from proper addicted if they use the drug correctly and they do not abuse it.There are millions of people today using cannabis as medicine. While children are throwing a million and one pills down their pharynx and nothing is working. You can never doubt medical marijuana. Medical marijuana will be able to cure anything. Should medical marijuana be prescribed to children? Yes, it should. Medical marijuana is a touchy subject. There may not be enough scientific evidence, but who needs evidence when there is proof. each(prenominal) you have to do is take one look at a child who is free of cancer from using medical marijuana. That child is the proof.\r\n'