Ramblings

White Widow

This Indica dominant hybrid provides pain relief while offering daytime alertness and not tiring effects of indica dominant strains. This is also an easier and more forgiving strain to grow. The taste is piney, citrus like and can be bred with many other stains.

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Patients, Politicians and the Supreme Court

Interesting times for our medical marijuana law in Michigan wouldn’t you say? Recently the Michigan Supreme Court has decided to hear a case, People V. Compassionate Apothecary. The media has touted this as the case to answer the dispensary issue, while some view this as an opportunity for law enforcement to rid Michigan of a law that 67% of us asked for.

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Medical Marijuana As Treatment For Endometriosis

In the past week I have taken care of 4 patients who use medical marijuana to control the pain associated with endometriosis. Each of these patients were younger than 30 and had been managed medically prior to coming to see me. Amazingly, all of them had an almost complete resolution of their symptoms when they medicated with marijuana. These reports are extraordinary as endometriosis is often debilitating and outside of surgery and hormonal therapy very difficult to treat.

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Treating Attention Deficit Disorder

At first glance it might seem counter-intuitive to use a medication that has a public perception of decreasing attention to treat a condition whose primary symptom is a deficit of attention. But just as taking stimulants often calms those with hyperactivity, medical marijuana improves the ability to concentrate in some types of ADD.

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