Long Beach is located in southern California, USA. It is a part of the Los Angeles County, about 31 km south of downtown, Los Angeles. Long Beach is the 36th-largest city in the country and the 6th largest in California.
Long Beach is the 2nd largest city in the L.A. metropolitan region. There are many medical uses of marijuana. The most commonly treated are those who are suffering from cancer. Nausea of chemotherapy has been controlled to a lot of extent with the use of marijuana. Patients undergoing chemotherapy frequently experience nausea and vomiting. Marijuana helps in combating these symptoms so that patients don't feel these side effects of chemotherapy treatment.
Long beach medical marijuana has been found to be helpful in people with AIDS Wasting Syndrome. Most patients suffering from HIV or AIDS tend to lose a considerable amount of weight. Marijuana has been used to help these patients in maintaining a healthy appetite and diet which is also helpful to avoid other infections.
Arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease. It causes swelling, pain, and movement limitation. Cartilages and bones in the joint are inflamed and degenerated in this condition. Marijuana contains chemical compounds that help in reducing pain and swelling. These anti-inflammatory qualities of marijuana compounds make it a good choice of treatment for those suffering from Arthritic conditions. Many studies have shown possible effects of marijuana on our immune system. For a period of one year a voluntary group of people smoked a marijuana containing cigarette every alternate day. The results of this study at Columbia University showed that the WBC count in the participants was 37% less than in normal individuals. Losing this much white blood cells can have a detrimental effect on the immune mechanism and may make the people more vulnerable to diseases or infections.
California State passed the Compassionate Use Act in 1996, which gave the provision to protect anyone from criminal prosecution if marijuana use is found to be recommended by a doctor for relief from the symptoms of some deadly diseases such as cancer, AIDS, anorexia, and glaucoma. In the year 2009, California state representative Tom Ammino introduced a bill, called Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act. It was introduced to regulate, legalize, and obtain tax from the recreational use of cannabis in California. The bill still remains pending. According to the Wall Street Journal it is estimated that marijuana legalization would help in generating more than $1 billion annually for the cash deficient state.
