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THC May Improve Driving Ability in Patients with Neurological Diseases

source: http://www.freedomisgreen.com/thc-may-improve-driving-ability-in-patients-with-neurological-...

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6/21/2011 by Jahan Marcu - Since 2001, Dr. Kirsten Muller-Vahl and colleagues have published research articles demonstrating the safety of Delta9-THC in patients with Tourette’s Syndrome. This is a disease characterized by involuntary movement and vocalizations (a.k.a. tics). In 2003, the authors showed that, “Delta9-THC causes neither acute nor long-term cognitive deficits” in patients suffering from Tourette’s.

Recently this group of clinical researchers published a Letter to the Editor of Psychiatry Research outlining their findings in a Tourette’s patient given 15mg of delta9-THC per day. The authors measured the patient’s driving ability with a computerized test and compared it to the patients performance with and without delta9-THC. The author’s state, “In comparison with the drug-free phase (of the treatment), there was a clear improvement in concentration and visual perception during THC therapy.”

The patient, a 42 year old truck driver referred to as Mr.H, first displayed symptoms of this disease at age 6. When he appeared at the clinic for this study he was suffering from multiple tics of the head, arm and leg: Not good symptoms to have for a truck driver. Furthermore, Mr.H’s medical history showed that all available drug treatments were ineffective including dopamine blocking agents, alpha-2 drugs, clonazepam, and terabenazine. Within 2 weeks of delta9-THC treatment Mr.H’s symptoms were reduced by 75%.

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10 comments // THC May Improve Driving Ability in Patients with Neurological Diseases

  • PressCore
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      PressCore  

    • Sooooo glad to blog this news story, though it doesn't surprise me
      as the list of what Cannabis can't prevent, cure or treat is much
      shorter than what it CAN abis. Since my dad had the gene for
      Parkinson's which develops with the onset of aging, I mean to
      emigrate to my dad's ancestral home and live in my 2nd home
      in the U.K.Netherlands much of the year to prevent it from occurring
      in me. I won't let any country begrudge me of what i need to function.
      Live free or die.

    • 9 days ago
  • letsliveinpeace
  • Jeremy_Benson
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      Jeremy_Benson  

    • I don't know about anyone else, but THC definitely makes me drive like 20 mph while gawking at the surrounding scenery. No children are gonna get hit by this stoner!

    • 11 months ago
  • nobsartist
    • +1
      nobsartist  

    • Another reason why this should be legal. EVERY test on driving ability after consumption shows no negative effect on driving. Texting while driving affects your ability to drive equal to being drunk. Texting is legal. Perhaps if they did a test to see how smocking marijuana and texting affects driving they would discover that smockers dont feel like texting while they drive, instead prefer to listen to some good tunes. At that point, a law should be passed that forces anyone caught texting while driving MUST burn a doobie BEFORE they drive.

      Just another RANT tbuffin you jackass

      A biblical voice made me write that tbuffin (jackass)

      NOT RESPONSIBLE.

    • 11 months ago
  • riffmage
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      riffmage  

    • Neurological Diseases it's a broad term. Not all weed smokers are equal. Just because you can drive well(or assume) while buzzing does not many other stoners can. Especially the hard core heads who can't wait until after all their errands are complete before getting toasted.

    • 11 months ago
  • Jeremy_Benson
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      Jeremy_Benson  
    • riffmage:

      From my own personal experience, those who do drive, drive fine. Those who can't don't even try. That is not to say there aren't irresponsible people out there, but I believe those people are irresponsible regardless of their current stoney-ness or lack thereof, and those who tend to drive badly will do it whether they are sober or not. I have also read a couple studies that state that being under the influence of marijuana has no adverse effect on driving, but I cannot find them and therefor can't verify them, so take from that what you will.

    • 11 months ago
  • jimmypockets
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      jimmypockets  

    • the amount of data collected from every cannabis study in america could be measured in red skittles. for a country who claims to be the utmost authority when info is concerned, i find that america is largely misinformed on many levels.
      i just once want to be educated correctly.

    • 11 months ago
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