“A smokeless cannabis-vaporizing device delivers the same level of active therapeutic chemical and produces the same biological effect as smoking cannabis…
…smoked cannabis can alleviate the chronic pain caused by HIV-related neuropathy, but a concern was expressed that smoking cannabis was not safe. This study demonstrates an alternative method that gives patients the same effects and allows controlled dosing but without inhalation of the toxic products in smoke,” said study lead author Donald I. Abrams, MD, UCSF professor of clinical medicine.
…pills tend to provide patients with more THC than they need for optimal therapeutic effect and increase side effects.
Patients rated the “high” they experienced from both smoking and vaporization and there was no difference between the two methods by patient self-report of the effect, according to study findings. In addition, patients were asked which method they preferred.
“By a significant majority, patients preferred vaporization to smoking, choosing the route of delivery with the fewest side effects and greatest efficiency,” said Benowitz.”
Read more: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070515151145.htm
I am a registered nurse, I would like to say that I have seen so many people especially the elderly, taking so many medications that it is virtually impossible to know what drug is causing side effects ,so dr.’s order more drugs to help with side effects and this mushrooms into more and more drugs. I wonder……. what if these patients were given marijuana to see how many of their problems can be eliminated by marijuana, then treat the remaining problems with meds.Thus…… less medication!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!