September 21, 2020
Primary open-angle glaucoma, often shortened to POAG, is a chronic ocular disease. POAG usually results in optic nerve damage by elevated intraocular pressure due to inadequate drainage of aqueous humor. This leads to vision deterioration and blindness. In 1972, it was discovered that THC lowers the Intraocular pressure (IOP) when Hepler and Frank studied the effects of marijuana…
September 21, 2020
Cannabis: An Ancient Medicine By Fernando Fandino-Sende, MD Most ancient cultures didn’t grow the plant to get high, but as herbal medicine, likely starting in Asia and is known that Chinese emperor Fu His noted that Cannabis was a popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang (ca. 2900 BC). In western civilization the Greek physician Galen prescribed…