5 Major benefits of weed.

 

It can be used to treat Glaucoma.

Marijuana use can be used to treat and

prevent the eye disease glaucoma,

which increases pressure in the eyeball,

damaging the optic nerve and causing loss of vision.

 

It may help reverse the carcinogenic effects of tobacco and improve lung health.

According to a study published in Journal of the American Medical Association in January 2012, marijuana does not impair lung function and can even increase lung capacity.   

It can help control epileptic seizures.

Marijuana use can prevent epileptic seizures. The drugs rid the rats of the seizures for about 10 hours. Cannabinoids like the active ingredients in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (also known as THC), control seizures by binding to the brain cells responsible for controlling excitability and regulating relaxation.

 

A chemical found in marijuana stops cancer from spreading.

Cannabidiol stops cancer by turning off a gene called Id-1, the study, published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, found. Cancer cells make more copies of this gene than non-cancerous cells, and it helps them spread through the body.

The researchers studied breast cancer cells in the lab that had high expression levels of Id-1 and treated them with cannabidiol. After treatment the cells had decreased Id-1 expression and were less aggressive spreaders.

 

It may decrease anxiety.

Medical marijuana users claim the drug helps relieve pain and suppress nausea — the two main reasons it's often used to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy.