Using cannabis as an essential dietary supplement

Nathaniel Morris and his wife Emily Aryn Morris are the founders of ProPlantWare, their launch platform, “Rethink Cannabis”. We have all been influenced by the reputation that Cannabis has created over the last 80 years, whether we realize it or not. This move has to do with abandoning either our positive or negative prejudices.

“If we stop thinking of Cannabis as a medicine and start thinking of it as food, the whole idea of ​​how we approach it changes,” says Nathaniel Morris.

The critical concept that is vital to fully appreciating and benefiting from Cannabis is not on the front pages as it should be. The concept of cannabis as food is still recent. Now that Nathaniel and Emily see the true potential of the plant more clearly, they envision a new path to help spread the word.. Dr. William Courtney, known for his videos on YouTube and his website, where he advocates the need to produce Cannabis juice, was the one who inspired the movement, and many of his ideas are at the heart of “Rethink Cannabis”. Ten years ago, Dr. Courtney began treating his wife Kristen, from an incurable disease, with Cannabis juice. Kristen now lives without pain, as long as she drinks her juice every eight hours and they have three beautiful children.

Cannabis: food for the soul

While Dr. William Courtney is one of the few doctors to understand the power of raw cannabis, the medical world in general does not seem to understand it. Nathaniel Morris has a theory as to why this happens.

“Most doctors are very reluctant to accept cannabis as a medicine because they have not been taught how to use it. It is very easy to criticize these doctors, but I feel that the biggest problem is that both the cannabis community and the doctors have contributes to this dichotomy, whether it is a dangerous drug or a highly effective drug, while it is actually a food. If we accept this as a concept, and realize what it means, then everything changes. The real problem with non-cannabis clinical trials is that they tend to ignore the ‘Entourage Effect.'(Entourage Effect, as a term, means the use of the whole plant, despite the use of individual elements).

Nathaniel Morris delved into how we as a society can use Cannabis safely. For those who have eaten Cannabis for years, Cannabis as a food is accepted as completely normal. Those who are only familiar with the medicinal form of Cannabis, should make a big leap to equate it with spinach, because they are hindered by its psychoactive effects.

That is why understanding the process of decarboxylation of cannabis is very important. When the plant is not heated but consumed fresh, THC-A (tetrahydrocannabinol acid) is not converted to THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), which is credited with its psychoactive effects. “A” means acid, ie natural juices that are not allowed to dry for a long time after cutting. THC-A does not psychoactive effect when consumed raw. Cannabinoic acid, which includes all cannabinoids, has been shown to cure a wide range of conditions, from cancer to childhood. epilepsy. Cannabis is not just a drug that serves only one purpose. It is a miracle plant with full potential that is just beginning to be released.

Nathaniel Morris believes that there is a major obstacle that Cannabis has faced, and has not gained due recognition by the modern medical world. “The way doctors are taught to
“They practice medicine, and the way food and drug services approve drugs is the isolation of certain chemicals, on which they conduct clinical trials,” he says.

The magic in the way Cannabis treatments work is the use of the whole plant. This is more easily understood as the independent relationship between the different cannabinoids and its coexistence
their performance in our system. Isolated cannabinoids do not work as effectively as combining them all together. This excludes cannabis from the vast majority of studies recognized by the Food and Drug Administration. Some doctors see this as a dead end, while others use it as an opportunity to explore a new way of looking
of Medicine.

Nathaniel Morris continues: “I have consulted companies that try to isolate certain cannabinoids and then use them for research. If we accept that it is a food, it all goes awry. There is no expectation from doctors that clinical trials in food, not because it is unscientific, but because it has never been the food approach. ”

After a discussion with Dr. Bonni Goldstein, who specializes in treating childhood epilepsy with Cannabis in Los Angeles, we agreed that the way we research and understand the drug should
evolved.

After I shared Nathaniel Morris’ thoughts with Dr. Goldstein, he replied: “I agree with him! I see cannabis as a food that can be used as medicine. I see people curing their illnesses by eating natural foods, and cannabis is just one “Doctors are not taught how food can really cure food, so it ‘s not surprising that they can not accept cannabis as a food that is a powerful medicine!”

So the issue is the dissemination of the idea, so that we can enrich our practices. The Cannabis Review means promoting the notion that diet and medicine are often one and the same.
this.

Cannabis Review: Cannabis is an essential nutrient
supplement;

No matter what your relationship with Cannabis is, this is an opportunity to broaden your horizons. Cannabis connects us all and its review is our opportunity to discuss the issue as
society.

“Using cannabis as food also means reconsidering its regulation. The activist community has achieved a lot by proving the medical benefits of cannabis consumption. Unfortunately, these victories have been bittersweet. Regulating cannabis as a medicine often leads to high costs. “It makes it inaccessible to the people who need it most. It could also lead to the takeover of the industry by large pharmaceutical companies. If we regulate cannabis as a food, those problems disappear,” says Emily Morris.

At first glance, the idea of ​​cannabis as food may seem silly, almost coercive. But if you look at the way you are used to seeing a Cannabis blossom, you will realize how unnatural our standards have become. Putting the plant indoors, hidden from its exposure to the real world, is a perversion.The natural hemp in nature, will be filled with seeds, will follow natural reproductive processes, and its flowers will rarely have the opportunity to dry and mature properly. The reaction to the psychoactive effects of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) has hindered the progress of the cannabis approach as food and medicine for the last 80 years.

Emily says: “Cannabis has been fetishized by our culture. Both sides of the debate place it on a pedestal. The anti-legalization side sees it as a dangerous gateway to drugs, while the pro-legal side sees it as a dangerous gateway to drugs. “We consider it a medical revolution. We believe it is a necessary nutritional supplement.”

Nathaniel admits that his obsession with cannabis did not originate from cannabis consumption. He is, personally, in the process of revising Cannabis and what he is asking is for us to participate in his journey. It opens up to the most powerful members of the cannabis community, asking them to reconsider Cannabis, regardless of their in-depth chemical and botanical knowledge.

We have focused so much on legalizing Cannabis, we have eagerly walked every path that will seemingly lead to “free Cannabis”, but “medicinal Cannabis” has proven to be not only free. But real organic food cannot be patented and it is much easier to keep it in human hands.

“The words are strong. The transition from ‘hashish’ to ‘medicinal cannabis’ has forced our society to reconsider how it approaches the plant. Now is the time to look at it again,” says Nathaniel. , with full faith in their mission, and adds: “I had very different ideas about where this movement was headed two years ago than I have now. I really had to re-evaluate what I want to push for as an activist and just encourage our whole movement in this direction.This is the idea behind the “Cannabis Review”.

The Morris family asks all of you to share photos of “Rethinking Cannabis” on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. You can also email them at [email protected] for possible information. They want you to make the theme your own and tell your story. The “Rethink Cannabis” movement is here to get the activist out of us.

source: http://www.medicaljane.com/2014/10/05/rethink-cannabis/

Note All articles published here refer to information on all cannabinoids, but in Greece it is not possible to access THC (Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol), which is not yet legal in our country.