Marijuana has several potential medical benefits according to the document. It may help treat cancer by slowing tumor growth, seizures by acting as a muscle relaxant, and migraines as reported in California. Marijuana has also been shown to treat glaucoma, Tourette's syndrome, OCD, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's. Additionally, it may help conditions like IBS, Crohn's disease, ADD, ADHD, and PMS symptoms. The document argues that marijuana provides medical benefits without negative side effects of pharmaceutical treatments in many cases.

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Cancer
There is a lot of unfounded rhetoric that states smoking
pot can cause lung cancer because your inhaling smoke,
like cigarettes. This simply isn’t true. Cigarette smoke
causes cancer because the tobacco is radiated whereas
marijuana isn’t. In fact, the American Association for
Cancer Research has found the marijuana actually works
to slow down tumor growth in the lungs, bitches, and
brain considerably.
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Seizures
Marijuana is a muscle relaxant and has
"antispasmodic" qualities that have proven to be a
very effective treatment for seizures. There are
actually countless cases of people suffering from
seizures that have only been able to function better
through the use of marijuana.
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Migraines
Since medicinal marijuana was legalized in
California, doctors have reported that they have
been able to treat more than 300,000 cases of
migraines that conventional medicine couldn’t
through marijuana.
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Glaucoma
Marijuana’s treatment of glaucoma has been one
of the best documented. There isn’t a single valid
study that exists that disproves marijuana’s very
powerful and popular effects on glaucoma
patients.
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Tourette’s and OCD
Just like marijuana can treat seizures and
multiple sclerosis, marijuana’s effects slow down
the tics in those suffering from Tourette’s, and
the obsessive neurological symptoms in people
with OCD.
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Multiple Sclerosis
Marijuana’s effects on multiple sclerosis patients
became better documented when former talk-
show host, Montel Williams began to use pot to
treat his MS. Marijuana works to stop the
neurological effects and muscle spasms that
come from the fatal disease.
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ADD and ADHD
A well documented USC study done about a year
ago showed that marijuana is not only a perfect
alternative for Ritalin but treats the disorder
without any of the negative side effects of the
pharmaceutical.
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IBS and Crohn’s
Marijuana has shown that it can help with
symptoms of the chronic diseases as it stops
nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
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Alzheimer’s
Despite what you may have heard about
marijuana’s effects on the brain, the Scripps
Institute, in 2006, proved that the THC found in
marijuana works to prevent Alzheimer’s by
blocking the deposits in the brain that cause the
disease.
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Alzheimer’s
Next time your girlfriend is complaining that you
smoke too much weed, hand her a joint. Just like
marijuana is used to treat IBS, it can be used to treat
the cramps and discomfort that causes your
girlfriend to lash out at you. Using marijuana for
PMS actually goes all the way back to Queen
Victoria. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Top 10 Medical Benefits from Marijuana