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Cannabis for Health and Wellness

Cannabis has quickly gained legitimacy as a product promoting overall health and wellness. It’s touted as being a miracle drug. Mostly because of its ability to be applied to such a wide variety of medical conditions. CBD products are now sold in major health and nutrition supplement stores, like GNC and The Vitamin Shoppe. Even your local Walgreens and CVS are carrying some sort of CBD products. This makes cannabis a hot topic of discussion among health and wellness practitioners.

With several medical applications for cannabis, many of them overlap. Some of the most common are for pain relief, inflammation reduction, and neuroprotection. Because of this, it seems likely that consuming cannabis before getting diagnosed with a serious disease or illness may be a good idea. In medical only states, like Missouri, you still need a medical marijuana recommendation from a licensed physician.

Cannabis As A Preventative Medicine

Since cannabis can be recommended in the treatment of so many medical conditions, it makes sense that consuming cannabis can work as a preventative medicine. A preventive medicine works to prevent diseases or disorders from occurring or reoccurring. This is why patients diagnosed with conditions like epilepsy consume cannabis. Firstly, it’s in the hopes to stop seizures from occurring.

Then if it works to keep them under control. Continued use is intended to stop seizures from reoccurring. Some of the anti-cancer properties of cannabis are also thought to work preventatively. This can reduce the chances of cancer returning once removed or from forming in the first place.

A lot patients, from all walks of life, with a wide array of different conditions, discuss how cannabis helps relieve their symptoms. This symptom relief then allows them to live a better quality of life. Some patients even say it gives them the ability to take better care of themselves by giving them more energy, a stronger appetite, or better sleep.

Cannabis for Health and Wellness in Sports

Then there’s also accounts from major athletes in professional sports leagues like the NFL, the NBA, the UFC, and more. Many athletes have come out of the green closet about consuming cannabis as part of their health and wellness routines. The pain and anti-inflammatory benefits are great for athletes across different sports. Being a neuroprotectant is helpful for high contact sports where they see a lot of concussions or other traumatic brain injuries. 

Between helping everyday patients live better lives, to helping professional athletes perform and recover at the highest levels of competition, cannabis is clearly a winner when it comes to health and wellness.

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