People need to learn about the benefits of medical marijuana Re: Pot for kids shows value for seizures, autism, Sept. 14 Marijuana is a valuable drug and needs to be treated as such. The plants grown for recreational use are usually done so with higher THC content, and the end result is a psychoactive product. Medical marijuana is often grown with a higher CBD ratio resulting in a product that relieves symptoms and makes people feel well with less - and sometimes no - psychoactive effects. [continues 187 words]
He Dedicated His Life To Developing Alternative Medical Therapies For Psychiatric Patients Do no harm is the basic tenet of the physician's credo and that is the way psychiatrist Abram Hoffer practised orthomolecular medicine, one patient at a time, for more than 50 years. His theories about the benefits of vitamins and nutrients were dismissed by the medical establishment and Big Pharma - as he invariably described the international drug companies. Nonetheless, thousands of patients, many of them desperately ill from cancer or dangerously debilitated by schizophrenia, lauded him for giving them a longer or better quality of life. And his belief in the power of nutrition remains a foundation of naturopathic medicine and the health food movement. [continues 1510 words]
