my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer
when I was 15 for a whole summer while I
visited him in Georgia
I saw skeleton of the man that I once
knew I had accompanied him to several
doctors visits while I truly believed my
grandfather tried his best just a year
later he ended up passing away
surprisingly it wasn’t the cancer that
killed him
my grandfather had died from an allergic
reaction to all the cocktails of
medicines that he’d been receiving treat
his cancer and it pained me to lose a
man that I loved and that it raised me
but it hurted me even more when I found
out that the medicine intended to help
him actually Persol – in his death at
around the same time I began to open my
ears to the national conversation
surrounding marijuana weed pot or
whatever you may interchangeably know
this plant as but it is crucial we
understand a scientific name as cannabis
sativa and our cannabis has been used to
treat symptoms of cancer like nausea and
I cannot say that cannabis could have
cured my grandfather but I do know that
after listening to countless stories
about cannabis his medical applications
I was only left urging more and wanting
to know more and whether or not this
plant could have been a safer
alternative to the drugs that ended up
killing my grandfather so now fast
forward to present day cannabis is one
of the largest growing industries in the
nation with a projected revenue of
twenty billion dollars by 2020
and yet there’s enough skepticism that
this plant still remains federally
illegal
despite legalization efforts at the
state level
the most common concern I hear about
cannabis is that we don’t know enough
about it fortunately I see that as an
opportunity to illuminate the shadowy
figure of cannabis with research and
inquiry driven by established research
institutions like Brown University and
so the largest obstacle for the cannabis
community is securing federal research
funding to fully substantiate cannabis
as medical use our federal law currently
classifies cannabis as a Schedule one
drug
alongside heroin if we look at the
definition every Schedule one drug will
see that jug with no currently accepted
medical use in a high potential for
abuse in response to the claims of
canvases high potential for abuse we’ve
seen that in waves groups such as
veterans suffering from PTSD are
abandoning prescription painkillers in
favor of cannabis due to it having less
adverse side effects researchers must
secure approval from the DEA to have
federal stays done yet the DEA and the
federal government adhere to this
paradoxical federal law
and so federal law stands in opposition
to the growing support we see of medical
cannabis states there currently 29
states with medical medical cannabis
programs including our nation’s capital
Washington DC and yet there is no
medical recognition of cannabis in our
national law and we see here a list of
qualifying health conditions from
different medical programs medical
cannabis programs in the United States
cancer multiple sclerosis Parkinson’s
disease
a wide range of health benefits but only
accepted at the state level and with all
our modern research technologies and
capabilities
I would hope to know more about how
cannabis specifically affects our bodies
one steps towards doing that is learning
about the human endocannabinoid system
which is a physiological system within
our bodies that was discovered in the
1950s specifically with the help of the
cannabis sativa plant hence the term
endow cannabinoid system now growing up
I heard of my skeletal system I heard my
central nervous system but I have never
heard of the endocannabinoid system
until recently and to think that the
endocannabinoid system could be a link
between us and the potential health
benefits seen
in cannabis only begs me to want to urge
and push our society in a way that we
can break barriers and engage our
skepticisms with research and inquiry
now Northern Michigan University has
taken a monumental step towards this
they have established the first ever
medicinal plant chemistry degree now
please do not be fooled this degree has
67 credits riddled with rigorous courses
including organic chemistry and biology
this is not the coursework associated
with the lazy stoner stereotype and I
would like to see more research
institutions like Brown University push
to illuminate our fears with this
research and inquiry I mentioned my
initial question was can are there other
alternatives safer alternatives than the
prescription pills that killed my
grandfather
I truly believe we have the ability to
answer all all of our own questions but
we must be willing to break barriers and
explore the unknown thank you
you
when I was 15 for a whole summer while I
visited him in Georgia
I saw skeleton of the man that I once
knew I had accompanied him to several
doctors visits while I truly believed my
grandfather tried his best just a year
later he ended up passing away
surprisingly it wasn’t the cancer that
killed him
my grandfather had died from an allergic
reaction to all the cocktails of
medicines that he’d been receiving treat
his cancer and it pained me to lose a
man that I loved and that it raised me
but it hurted me even more when I found
out that the medicine intended to help
him actually Persol – in his death at
around the same time I began to open my
ears to the national conversation
surrounding marijuana weed pot or
whatever you may interchangeably know
this plant as but it is crucial we
understand a scientific name as cannabis
sativa and our cannabis has been used to
treat symptoms of cancer like nausea and
I cannot say that cannabis could have
cured my grandfather but I do know that
after listening to countless stories
about cannabis his medical applications
I was only left urging more and wanting
to know more and whether or not this
plant could have been a safer
alternative to the drugs that ended up
killing my grandfather so now fast
forward to present day cannabis is one
of the largest growing industries in the
nation with a projected revenue of
twenty billion dollars by 2020
and yet there’s enough skepticism that
this plant still remains federally
illegal
despite legalization efforts at the
state level
the most common concern I hear about
cannabis is that we don’t know enough
about it fortunately I see that as an
opportunity to illuminate the shadowy
figure of cannabis with research and
inquiry driven by established research
institutions like Brown University and
so the largest obstacle for the cannabis
community is securing federal research
funding to fully substantiate cannabis
as medical use our federal law currently
classifies cannabis as a Schedule one
drug
alongside heroin if we look at the
definition every Schedule one drug will
see that jug with no currently accepted
medical use in a high potential for
abuse in response to the claims of
canvases high potential for abuse we’ve
seen that in waves groups such as
veterans suffering from PTSD are
abandoning prescription painkillers in
favor of cannabis due to it having less
adverse side effects researchers must
secure approval from the DEA to have
federal stays done yet the DEA and the
federal government adhere to this
paradoxical federal law
and so federal law stands in opposition
to the growing support we see of medical
cannabis states there currently 29
states with medical medical cannabis
programs including our nation’s capital
Washington DC and yet there is no
medical recognition of cannabis in our
national law and we see here a list of
qualifying health conditions from
different medical programs medical
cannabis programs in the United States
cancer multiple sclerosis Parkinson’s
disease
a wide range of health benefits but only
accepted at the state level and with all
our modern research technologies and
capabilities
I would hope to know more about how
cannabis specifically affects our bodies
one steps towards doing that is learning
about the human endocannabinoid system
which is a physiological system within
our bodies that was discovered in the
1950s specifically with the help of the
cannabis sativa plant hence the term
endow cannabinoid system now growing up
I heard of my skeletal system I heard my
central nervous system but I have never
heard of the endocannabinoid system
until recently and to think that the
endocannabinoid system could be a link
between us and the potential health
benefits seen
in cannabis only begs me to want to urge
and push our society in a way that we
can break barriers and engage our
skepticisms with research and inquiry
now Northern Michigan University has
taken a monumental step towards this
they have established the first ever
medicinal plant chemistry degree now
please do not be fooled this degree has
67 credits riddled with rigorous courses
including organic chemistry and biology
this is not the coursework associated
with the lazy stoner stereotype and I
would like to see more research
institutions like Brown University push
to illuminate our fears with this
research and inquiry I mentioned my
initial question was can are there other
alternatives safer alternatives than the
prescription pills that killed my
grandfather
I truly believe we have the ability to
answer all all of our own questions but
we must be willing to break barriers and
explore the unknown thank you
you
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