Tag: Crohn’s Disease (CD)
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Cannabis on Gastrointestinal Disorder
One in five Americans, especially women, are afflicted with gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, which include functional bowel diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease (CD) and colitis. Symptoms of GI disorders are cramping, abdominal pain, inflammation of the lining of the large and/or small intestine, chronic diarrhea, rectal…
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Medical Benefits of Cannabis
Twenty-three states around the country have legalized medical marijuana and experts are changing their minds too. Just recently, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta reversed his opinion and looked more positively at the medical benefits of marijuana. While the issue of recreational marijuana is contentious, many believe that the drug should be legal for medical…