The smoke from THC clouds – the Cannabinoid debate

The understanding brought by research validation of the existence of a neuro-cannabinoid synaptic system of modulation of brain and body function (I am at risk of pre-Newtonianism by separating the brain and body) and the wide range of therapeutic options it opens up is irrationally being ignored, preventing progress in managing many pathologies that affect modern humans. It is rather awakening to consider that such a primitive plant, so much a part of medicinal history, can be seen to have such a valuable place in modern medical armoury.

Historical, hysterical behaviour by early American legislators (with religious-like zealotism) classed the plant as more dangerous to humankind than heroin. This bizarre legacy currently prevents terminally ill and chronically debilitated folks from benefiting from its useful properties.

Arrogant and ignorant debate – with baseless concerns – allows our dying to suffer unnecessarily.

Removing the THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) – the ‘hysterical’ component – from the debate leaves a powerful non-psychoactive agent for people to use. This product is, without a doubt far safer than the ravages of the legalised brain and body poison, alcohol. Small amounts of THC may enhance the palliative therapeutic effect.

Pain, constipation, and anxiety terrorise our terminally ill. It is high time that a primitive plant in a modern and safe iteration should not be denied by unwise legislation. As an aside, the fact that codeine – a readily available medication present in Panadeine – is converted to morphine seems to be lost in this debate.

Don’t let social concern and anxiety over the current supply chain distort the debate.