Rheumatoid arthritis patients are using medical marijuana — Here’s why
As the greying of America occurs, more and more baby boomers are retiring, and the country is facing a deluge of health-related costs from its aging population.
Chief among those costs is the burden of treating chronic arthritis — a painful, common joint disease for which there is no cure and limited treatment options.
But the greying of America is coinciding with a revolution in the understanding of how medical cannabis works on arthritis pain.
There is a large body of both pre-clinical and patient-reported support for the use of cannabinoid therapy for both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. A few clinical trials also exist. The active ingredients in marijuana —“cannabinoids” like THC and CBD — work to suppress immune system over-activity, and this type of over-activity causes the inflammation and pain of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Burns my buttons that such a helpful medication is still illegal in half the states.
relate and with fibromyalgia added to your list.
i make a balm with olive oil and parts of the entire plant. it can be heated crockpot style for a few hours or soaked in a jar for a couple of months - then strained. i keep it in the fridge and use it topically - only. if anyone knows what it is like to have heated ice picks driven through one's nevers and huge lumps on their connective tissue - the pain is excruciating and unrelenting. with this balm, there is relief in less than 20 minutes.
thyme oil in a olive oil base/balm is also effective in relieving pain. but, one will not read of such time proven (centuries in ancient cultures) remedies in any medical journal nor in mainstream media. but, you can read it here 
