Medicinal Indoor Plants
One of the most controversial medicinal indoor plants is marijuana. Those
suffering from such illnesses as cancer, AIDS, migraines, chronic pain, glaucoma
and anorexia are sometimes legally allowed to use marijuana to ease the pain,
eliminate the nausea, and increase the appetite. Yet, there are continued
arguments in the medical and legal fields over whether the use of this plant
should be allowed.
Not only that, but the ongoing question of the number of plants that a person is
permitted to grow, with their health care provider’s prescription, is always
under both scrutiny and review. To make it even more complicated, different
states have different laws concerning this plant and its uses.
One of the issues at the crux of the controversy is the number of these
medicinal indoor plants that a person should be allowed to grow. The fear is
that these ill people will grow the maximum allowed and use it to sell instead
of for their own use. The problem with this thinking is that just like
medications different people require different amounts depending on the severity
of their conditions and on their physical size and shape. For example, a cancer
patient fighting the intense nausea may need an ounce weekly to counter the
effects of their illness; whereas a patient who uses it to diminish the pressure
of the eyeball that is caused by glaucoma may require only a gram a week.
Behind all of these needs is the drug enforcement agency saying that growing
these medicinal indoor plants is still growing an illegal substance and it
should not be allowed. They continue by saying that the number of plants should
be limited even more and that anything more than a few cannot possibly be used
for medical use.
This issue is constantly in the courts, in the press and in the
doctor’s office as those who desperately need to be allowed to grow these
medicinal indoor plants is challenged time and again. The benefits of cannabis
cannot be denied. Take the reported case of a quadriplegic who suffers from spasticity. Anti-spastic drugs helped a little but affected his mood more than
his spasticity. By using marijuana he is able to use the wheelchair as it
loosens his limbs enough to allow him to regain some control. Lawgivers must
reconsider their attitudes against the benefits of these medicinal indoor
plants.