Father Treats Crohn's Disease by Juicing Cannibis

Here once again we have private use been interfered with by government fiat. The whole controversy regarding the use of cannabis has now switched over from its application as a recreational drug to its burgeoning applications in therapy generally.

The fact is that it can be readily processed at home to produce a therapeutic juice. Smoking is not indicated at all for therapeutic applications.  What has been quickly learned is that there is no reason to get high which is always undesirable anyway.

All this tells me that there is ample reason to grow a patch well out of sight back in some bush.  Easy enough to do and if small enough it would take real luck to locate.  Plenty of good old boys do hie off into the bush to avoid spending money on living and here we have an excellent way to produce a real living to boot.
 
I would never recommend any such thing, but i do want to indicate the real absurdity of attempting to stop this movement now that it is breaking out from the smokers and shifting over to the health juicers..


Father Treats Crohn's Disease by Juicing Cannibis

March 27, 2018

Anna Hunt, Staff Writer

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2018/03/27/father-effectively-treats-daughters-crohns-disease-by-juicing-cannabis/


ABC News Australia recently reported on a story about a desperate father. Stephen Taylor’s two daughters were fighting Crohn’s disease, which causes chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. 

When all else failed, Taylor turned to juicing cannabis and discovered that the plant may have the potential to cure his daughters’ illness.

Cannabis Juice Eases Gut Inflammation and Pain

Taylor’s two daughters, Morgan (21) and Ariel (25), have been fighting Crohn’s disease for many years. This auto-immune disease attacks the lining of the digestive tract, causing chronic inflammation. The symptoms include weight loss, chronic pain, ulcers, rectal bleeding, diarrhea, and anemia.


Both Morgan and Ariel were repeatedly hospitalized due to the illness. At one instance, Ariel almost hemorrhaged to death. In addition, Morgan suffered horrible side-effects from the drugs used to treat her. For example, she had a severe allergic reaction to one drug and her throat started to close up. 

Another drug gave her extreme arthritis to where she couldn’t walk for days.


All of this changed when their father started giving them cannabis juice. Both daughters’ symptoms subsided, and they gained weight. Taylor told ABC that he believes cannabis sent Morgan into remission.

Juicing Cannabis vs. Smoking


Taylor decided to administer cannabis to his daughter in juice form. This means that he was juicing the green material of the plant, such as the leaves and stems. His ideal dose was 30 ml of cannabis juice, administered three times per day. Taylor decided to grow his own plants to be able to obtain all of the green material that he needed.

Juicing cannabis is much different than smoking it. Iain McGregor is the professor of Psychopharmacology at the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics at Sydney University. 

He explained to ABC this difference:


In many ways, juicing is a positive thing to do because you don’t get nearly as much of the intoxicating element, which is THC [tetrahyrdocannabinol] and you get another component of cannabinoid, which is THCA [tetrahydocannabinolic acid], which has very strong anti-inflammatory properties in the gut.


McGregor added:


Proper clinical trials on THCA have not been done and this is one of the generic problems that we have with medicinal cannabis, this prohibition that we have over the years is really stymieing progress in terms of learning the therapeutic effects of the plant.


The Australian government continues to be very cautious when it comes to giving access to medical cannabis. Lack of research is one of the reasons for this.

The Struggle to Obtain Access to Legal Medical Cannabis


Medical cannabis has been legal in Australia since late 2016. Yet, it is very difficult to obtain.


McGregor conveyed that there are only about 500 patients who are using the proper channels to obtain cannabis. On the other hand, he estimated that up to 100,000 Australians are using cannabis to self-medicate a variety of health issues.


Proponents of medical cannabis argue that access to the plant should not be as difficult as the government makes it. Dr Bastian Seidel represents general practitioners across Australia. He stated:


It doesn’t make sense; your postcode should not determine whether you have access to treatment.


Because Taylor couldn’t find a doctor willing to go through the proper application process for cannabis administration, he decided to grow the plants himself. Regardless that he’s using the plants to effectively treat his daughters, the government still considers his actions illegal.


The police raided Taylor’s home and found 107 plants. He now faces criminal charges. Once again, his daughters Morgan and Ariel must face their illness without access to an effective treatment.