Tag: multiple sclerosis

While muscle stiffness affects an estimated 90% of MS patients, a study of medical marijuana has shed light on how cannabinoids in marijuana may alleviate spasticity.

It’s those last three symptoms that have been most studied in relation to medical marijuana.

These are four ways that medical cannabis can help to improve overall quality of life for people who experience chronic pain, whether due to bodily injury, disease or illness, or other conditions. 

Not only is there medical evidence surrounding cannabinoids’ ability to help treat these conditions and their symptoms, but there’s also a significant amount of anecdotal success stories too.

Medicinal Cannabis in Australia is legal at the federal level, but products are strictly regulated.

According to The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, over 400,000 people in the United States and about 2.5 million people around the world have MS.

Common MS symptoms are gait and balance disorders, cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, pain and muscle spasticity. How can marijuana help?

He built a career as chief financial officer for two different firms and as a consultant for forensic accounting. He is now fighting multiple sclerosis.

Kevin Jackson is a single father of two, is a passionate and strong-willed cannabis advocate and medical marijuana patient living with multiple sclerosis.