Glaucoma

Glaucoma Cannabis Sativa and Glaucoma Deanna has had slight vision problems through the later years of her life; she had smoked marijuana in the past, but Deanna had discontinued use for about seven years. When she went to her optician, Deanna’s Inner Ocular Pressure (IOP) was recorded at twenty-eight, normal pressure ranging from twelve to twenty. Taking into consideration the relief marijuana might have, Deanna smoked daily for the next three months. When she went in for her check up at the optician, her IOP dropped to twenty. Deanna explained the relief felt in her eye. Shouldn’t this be recognized to the public' Four million Americans suffer from the eye disease glaucoma, the leading cause of blindness in the United States. There have been treatments in the past with severe side effects even though research today has advanced with more reliable treatments, but at least 10% of all cases fail to be completely controlled by the available prescription drugs. Even though other alternatives are available for glaucoma, we shouldn’t turn away the natural medical use marijuana has provided for thousands of years. Understanding marijuana’s history, understanding glaucoma, and understanding what marijuana does to the brain people can take a step towards a natural cannabis, eye, marijuana, medical, glaucoma, people, medicine, iop, pressure, study, research, press, plant, one, even, effects, brain, years, thc, patients, naturally, natural, medications, dr, different, body, being, been, understanding, treatments, treating, though, substance, similar, side, shouldn’t, robert, recorded, receptor, randall, problems, o’shaughnessy, out, optician, might, marciano, made, hemp, found, fluid