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Medical Cannabis is God’s Gift
By Nic Haag
We’ve been told for nearly a century nothing good ever comes from cannabis. It leads to sloth-like behavior in
some, “the munchies” in others, even homicidal mania.
Yet substances that slow motor functions are the prescribed treatment for anxiety and attention deficit disorder.
All are powerful narcotics with side-effects. Cannabis can treat these same ailments with few side effects and no
risk of physical dependence.
Then there are ailments where inducing an appetite is crucial to life, including anorexia, cancer, and AIDS.
Cannabis is one of only three currently approved treatments for inducing an appetite and the only one without
negative side effects.
There are several serious ailments where cannabis is the only known effective treatment. They include glaucoma,
epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis C, Crohn’s Disease, and Parkinson’s Disease. Cannabis
has even been shown to stop the spread of most forms of cancer.
Dozens of veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. I’m one. Cannabis is the most effective treatment.
Prescriptions only make the suffering worse. Several Vietnam veterans I know have told me they’d be
homeless, or taken their own lives, had it not been for the antidepressant effects of cannabis.
I don’t believe most people are trying to deny children with epilepsy, grandfathers with Alzheimer’s, or veterans
with PTSD treatment out of a malicious intent. But I do think many were turned against cannabis as the result
of a coordinated government propaganda partnership with the pharmaceutical industry. Big Pharma spends
more money lobbying than any other industry – $3 billion since the start of the millennium.
Rather than allowing our veterans, elderly, cancer patients, and epileptic children to suffer needlessly we should
accept God’s gift to all of us and restore easy access to health giving cannabis.
Nic Haag is the Libertarian candidate for NC
House District 44. He is a 10-year U.S. Marine
Corps veteran, with two tours in Fallujah, Iraq as
part of the 2nd Radio Battalion, Camp Lejune.
Haag also served at the National Security Agency,
San Antonio, Texas and later USMC Headquarters,
Quantico, Va. as a cyper intelligence specialist.
The NSA director awarded him a Joint Service
Commendation Medal. He lives in Denver, with
his wife Brandi and their two children.
Editors Note: Legalization of
cannabis is a divisive issue.
The publisher and staff of the
Albemarle Tradewinds believe in
freedom of speech and wish
to allow both sides to state their
opinion on this issue. Printing
this article does not mean the
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the advertisers agree
with the opinion of this writer.
It also does not mean we endorse
his candidacy.
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