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Join The Clinic Dispensary for Walk MS 2013

The Clinic assembles Walk MS Team The Clinic has put together a team to participate in the annual Walk MS fundraiser. The Clinic, a well known Colorado marijuana dispensary with a handful of locations scattered across Denver and the Colorado Front Range area. The Clinic is putting together the team to participate in the Walk MS event in order to help the National MS Society Colorado-Wyoming Chapter raise money for research, provide support for change, and help those with MS.

Medical Marijuana and Multiple Sclerosis

Use of Medical Marijuana for Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (also known as MS) is painful and degenerative disease of the central nervous system. MS slowly cripples its victims and in the end leads to death in some cases. It affects victim’s vision, memory, hearing, moves and balance. The average age of patients with MS disorder is 20-40 years. Even though no cure has been found for multiple sclerosis, this disease is not fatal. Treatment usually consists of medications, such as: barbiturates, steroids, tranquilizers, and opiates. These drugs simply help the patient to manage disorder symptoms for a limited time but are also known to cause severe side effects that interrupt normal routine. These “high risk” side effects include weakness, nausea, abdominal cramps, loss of appetite, seizures and many others. Marijuana use, on the other hand, has side effects that are mild and are classified as “low risk” side effects. How Marijuana Use Can Help Multiple Sclerosis Patients A

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