As reported by Business Insider, marijuana has several other health benefits, which may be rarely known to many people, including you, perhaps.
We know that using marijuana (even to the point of overuse and possibly using it not for medical) will cause health problems for ourselves, ranging from lack of sperm quality, excessive anxiety, low blood pressure, and others. However, it turns out the positive side or benefits for health can be more, such as:
- Prevent glaucoma
Cannabis can be used to overcome and prevent the eyes from glaucoma, which increases pressure in the eyeball, damages the optic nerve, and causes vision loss. Cannabis reduces the pressure. Based on research conducted by the National Eye Institute in the early 1970s, people who burn cannabis can reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) in people with normal pressure and those with glaucoma. The effects of marijuana can slow the process of the occurrence of this disease, while preventing blindness.
- Increase lung capacity
In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in January 2012, marijuana does not impair lung function and may even increase lung capacity. In the study, the researchers sampled 5,115 young adults over the course of 20 years. Tobacco smokers lose their lung function over the course of the time, but marijuana users instead show an increase in lung capacity.
- Prevent seizures due to epilepsy
A study conducted in 2003 showed that marijuana can prevent seizures because of epilepsy. Robert J. DeLorenzo, from Virginia Commonwealth University, provides marijuana extract and synthetic marijuana in epileptic mice. The drug of marijuana was given to mice who had seizures for 10 hours. Cannabinoids such as active ingredients in marijuana, THC, control seizures by holding responsive brain cells to control stimulation and regulate relaxation.
- Kills some cancer cells
The cannabidiol content in cannabis can stop cancer by shutting down a gene called Id-1, in a study conducted by researchers from California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, reported in 2007. In many cases, it is believed that cannabis can kill cells -selsel of other cancers.