is marajuana still used to treat glaucoma in some states?
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Yes, California and Oregon
795165
If it is legalized, then jobs would not be able to test for it as it would be against the person's constitutional rights. If someone was using it medicinal reasons (If the Government ever legalizes it) they would have to have proof from their doctor.
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There are at least 20 states where it is still legal (mostly in the South).  So in order to answer your question we'd need to know where you lived.
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Marijuana DOES have medicinal purposes. My Mom hasn't had any complications from her liver disease from it, my Dad uses it for help with his glaucoma and my boyfriend and I both use it to help us with our chronic migraines. We don't smoke it just to feel good, but to help us because we have health problems that only marijuana can treat. That is just a stupid rumor: it is not a gateway drug. My Mom has been smoking it for 30 years and never had the temptation to use ANY other kind of drug. My Dad, boyfriend and I haven't done any other kinds of drugs either. It's a scientific fact that tetrahydracannibonol, (THC) the resin crystals on the leaf base and buds at the peak of blooming that gets you high when smoked, really does have medicinal purposes. I don't think it should be legalized to the general public, but only made available to those who need it for their ailments, like the laws already in California and Oregon. And I have never in all my life have ever heard  a story about any REAL person that died because of marijuana, and neither has my Dad, and he was a teenager in the 60's. My Mom grew up in the 70's. My boyfriend may be 20, and I'm only 17, but I am positive that I will never try another drug, and so is my boyfriend.
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I think just oregon so far... because psudofine is used in the mating of illegal drugs!
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Reuters Health\n\nThursday, February 16, 2006 \n\n\nLONDON (Reuters) - Global cases of the eye disease glaucoma are expected to reach 60 million by 2010 and 80 million by 2020, researchers said on Thursday. \n\nProfessor Harry Quigley, of the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, said women and people in Asia and Africa would be most affected. \n\n"It is a preventable cause of blindness. It is a treatable disease," said Quigley, who reported the findings in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. \n\nGlaucoma is a condition that can damage the nerve at the back of the eye. If left untreated it may result in blindness. The disorder is more common in people over 60 years old and is second only to cataracts as the leading cause of blindness. \n\nIt is linked to pressure in the eye, which increases a buildup of fluid. \n\nQuigley and Aimee Broman used population data on glaucoma and United Nations predictions on world population to calculate the rates of the disease by age, sex and ethnicity. \n\n"By 2020, India will become second overall in number with glaucoma, surpassing Europe. There will be 6 million more Chinese people with glaucoma," Quigley said in the study. \n\nThe illness can be treated with pills, laser surgery, eye drops, eye surgery or a combination of therapies. \n\nQuigley and Broman, who estimate 8.5 million people will be blinded by glaucoma by 2010 and more than 11 million by 2020, said treatments available in developed countries could reduce the amount of disability caused by the illness if they were available in poor countries. \n\neyecare\n\n\nReuters Health\n\nCopyright © 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.
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Glaucoma\n\n\n\nGlaucoma affects approximately 3 million Americans and is a leading cause of blindness in the US.\n\nGlaucoma is a group of diseases that can damage the eye's optic nerve and result in vision loss and blindness. However, with early treatment, you can often protect your eyes against serious vision loss. Glaucoma is symptom less and gradually steals your vision without warning, but can be detected by a simple test usually performed during a routine vision exam. \n\nAnnual Glaucoma testing is recommended for everyone over 60 years old. Individuals with a family history of glaucoma, African Americans and the elderly are considered at elevated risk of glaucoma and should be tested on a yearly basis. \n\n\nFortunately, glaucoma can now be treated with a remarkable laser technology that can halt the disease’s progress. The new procedure, called Endoscopic CycloPhotocoagulation (ECP), targets the fluid-producing structures of a patient’s eye to reduce the pressure that causes glaucomㅁ :-)
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I am sorry that you miss the heads! last I heard, they sent them to mexico. I guess they use them like they use coconuts down there. like when they put drinks in the coconut shells. so if you go to cancun, or maybe tiajuanna, you can find someone using one as a glass.
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There are a couple of states considering medical marijuana legislation but it probably won't work because the supremacy clause of our constitution says that federal laws override state law, and on the federal level its illegal. Even if it was legalized in those states for medical purposes it still would be legal for just anybody who wanted it to have it; you would probably have to have a terminal illness to get a prescription.
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I've heard that the best in the country is in St. Louis, liquid Acid. You can drop it in your eye and instantly trip.
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In California, the vast majority of drug laws are found in the Health and Safety code.  \n\nYes, there are laws that prohibit people from legally buying some of the precursors used to manufacture some types of illicit drugs.  However, some drugs either don't require precursors (marijuana) or are made in another country (cocaine), so those laws aren't especially effective as to those drugs.
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no..it is illegal in every state under federal law. If you start a med. marijuan cooperative, Bush's DoJ will bust in and throw all the terminally ill cancer patients in jail.
540587
well it's like this...alcohol is legal, despite the fact that you can destroy your liver and brain cells and it severely impairs judgement.  cigarettes are legal despite the fact that they cause cancer, emphysema, and bronchitis.  Most prescription drugs have side effects a mile long, but are still legal.  Anything plastic is made in a process which produces organochlorides, which bio-accumulate(meaning they build up in your system) and never bio-degrade, cause cancer and numerous other diseases, but is legal to use.\nMarijuana has medicinal benefits, kills fewer brain cells than alcohol, and isn't produced in a chemical reaction, biggest side effect is hunger and laughter, yet is illegal.  People are under the mistaken impression it is a "gateway drug" and impairs judgement. I did it in my late teens and never had the desire to try anything harder, and did incredibly stupid things under alcohol influence, not MJ.
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Marijiana has 26 medical uses, the FDA and Federal Laws aren't buying it. Cancer victims it helps there appetite, and chemo therapy for pain.\nFor victims who have a sight problems restores \nthe pressures in the eyes.Someday it will be legal in all 50 states, if will take years for that.
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Wait 'til it's legalized, and then I might offer a suggestion. \n\nMight.....
904074
it isnt fair but mary jane is still considered a drug...it has over 400 chemicals & alc and ciggs well they have age groups to be allowed...drugs does not. i think mj isnt as bad as they say buttttt if ciggs cause cancer why would the government continue to allow that??? especially if 2nd hand smoke is worse...STUPID GOVERNMENTS
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Yes it is illegal in the USA.  However, it can be done.  The person I know who's done it has never had a problem with the medications (in this case from India), and never had a problem with Customs or the Postal Inspector, etc.  \n\nI would not recommend it for drugs needed to treat serious life threatening conditions, because the quality is supposedly questionable.  But for other drugs I would do it if I didn't live so close to Mexico (where I can just go over the border and buy cheap prescription meds).\n\nIf you do a google search on the drug name that you need, you will most likely find an overseas site which offers it for sale.\n\nGood luck, but remember it's illegal and potentially dangerous to your health.