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Welcome to EarthHemp.com: MEDICINE |
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Medicine:
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Deaths from
marijuana
use: 0
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From 1842
through the
1880s, extremely
strong marijuana
(then known as
cannabis
extractums),
hashish
extracts,
tinctures, and
elixirs were
routinely the
second and third
most-used
medicines in
America for
humans (from
birth through
old age). These
extracts were
also used in
veterinary
medicine until
the 1920s and
longer.
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For at least
3,000 years
prior to 1842
widely varying
marijuana
extracts (bud,
leaves, roots,
etc.) were the
most commonly
used real
medicines in the
world for the
majority of
mankind's
illnesses.
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The U.S.
Pharmacopoeia
indicated
cannabis should
be used for
treating such
ailments as
fatigue, fits of
coughing,
rheumatism,
asthma, delirium
tremens,
migraine
headaches, and
the cramps and
depressions
associated with
menstruation.
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In this century,
cannabis
research has
demonstrated
therapeutic
value and
complete safety
in the treatment
of many health
problems
including
asthma,
glaucoma,
nausea, tumors,
epilepsy,
infection,
stress,
migraines,
anorexia,
depression,
rheumatism,
arthritis, and
possibly herpes.
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Deaths from
aspirin
(U.S. per year):
180 - 1,000 +
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Deaths from
legal drugs
(U.S. per year)
at doses used
for prevention,
diagnosis, or
therapy: 106,000
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