Medical Marijuana

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December 21st, 2008 by Matt Vine

Cannabis also has enormous potential for protecting the brain and central

nervous system from the damage that creates various movement disorders.

Researchers have found that cannabinoids fight the effects of strokes, as

well as brain trauma, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis. More than

100 research articles have been published on how canna-binoids act as neu-

roprotective agents to slow the progression of such neurodegenerative dis-

eases as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and particularly Parkinson's, which

affects more than 52% of people over the age of 85

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Endocannabinoids have paradoxical effects on the mammalian nervous sys-

tem: Sometimes they block neuronal excitability and other times they aug-

ment it. As scientists are developing a better understanding of the physio-

logical role of those natural cannabinoids, or endocannabinoids, it is

becoming clear that these chemicals may be involved in the pathology of

several neurological diseases. Researchers are identifying an array of poten-

tial therapeutic targets within the human nervous system. They have deter-

mined that various cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant interrupt the

synthesis, uptake or metabolism of the endocannabinoids that drive the

progression of Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, and tremor

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