Why I changed my mind about medicinal cannabis | Hugh Hempel | TEDxUniversityofNevada



Hugh Hempel is a technology industry veteran turned health care entrepreneur. In this moving talk he discusses how medicinal …

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  1. Did you ever ask yourself if all this is true maybe just maybe some of the human illness that is growing in leaps and bounds, is cause by a depletion of what our endocannabinoidal system receptors need to aid our immune system, calm our anxieties that cause mental illness, and support our peace within ourself. We dont' need scientists or doctors to tell us we need to have faith in mother nature.

  2. the way he puts down other drugs when talking about the scheduling really makes it clear he's not here to sell you the idea of cannabis as medicine, he wants to spread the word of HIS cannabis as medicine

  3. Proper Cannabis I'm all for, but so dubious buying it from some dealer where it's probs grown in some attic puts me off it nowadays. If only it was legal where am then would give it a go again to see if it helps the Epilepsy rather than a handFUL of pills.

  4. Anyone should be able to get canabis unless they’re are under age the parent would need a doctors approval letter. F&DA should include canabis as offering beneficial health benefits.

  5. I still have seizures and have insomnia, I’ve had 4 shoulder surgeries due to all my seizures. But after using cannabis oil my seizures have decreased and now I’m sleeping a lot better.

  6. amazing. unfortunate that he included LSD in that "no medicinal value" statement. but I'm sure in the 8 years since, he has now also a different stance of psychedelics and the value they seem to bring.

  7. RSO stops all my pain from spinal stenosis, knee arthritis, 8 herniated disc. Serious chronic pain. I smoke a few joints a day and some days take up to 1 gram of RSO. Sometimes less. This plant is a miracle!

  8. This actually made me cry!
    It's so unconstitutional that you have to make decisions on whether to help your children and risk going to jail or just wait for the inevitable 😔
    This federal government knows the benefits of the cannabis plant but the problem is that they can't put a patent on a plant!
    Bless you and your family..
    💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

  9. The reason it will NEVER be legalized is simply due to the pharmaceutical industry and the efforts to synthesize the medicinal components. Synthetic THC for instance enjoys being labeled schedule III, while it’s organic counterpart is schedule I. Synthetics foster addiction and dependency which is another desire for those who manufacture these drugs. Cannabis on the other hand does not foster addiction and dependence. Humans surely over use and abuse cannabis. That is a free willed choice.

  10. I developed epilepsy when I was 29. I has one sezure and was placed on one medication. That medication turned me into a zombie, it damaged my brain, my digestive system which caused serious health problems and did more harm to my brain than the epiepsy could ever do. What's more my GP totally ignored me and I suffered for another fifteen years until another doctor saw what I was going through. If medication can do things like this, it's lime natural things should be seen first. And diet too should be taken seriously.

  11. When it comes out it'll be doctor'd by some drug company and cost a bloody fortune. It'll have other drugs attached to it and the drug company will say it's their fantastic new drug.

  12. 9:50 LSD and Meth shouldn't be scheduled substances

    Meth can be used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy (cough cough… Desoxyn.)

    LSD can do the same as cannabis does

    Nearly every illegal drug can be used medically.

  13. Never seen anyone jump off building or car crashes. I’m Dayton fl. PD conduct a research 10 people smoke a joint 10 people 3 shots same dopamine equals . They took a driver course back up into a parking space . Every weed smoker passed and every drinker but one a a total 8 failed

  14. Skeptics take too long and drug companies just like to make too much money. By the time the skeptics agree to it, the drug companies will add more drugs to it and tell you it's a better product. More and more junk.

  15. Surely your own mother must realize that the drugs, all drugs come from plants and none of them are good for us. Some and only a few are just better than others. Cannabis is not a mixture of toxins as most drugs are.
    I'm in Australia and would love to try it as I'm epileptic not controlled.

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