INCAMED is an organization that has been active since 2017 and was founded with the purpose of promoting knowledge about what the use of cannabis medicine and, in turn, provide medical support to people who use it to treat their illnesses or ailments.
Along these lines, Julieta Veneziano, coordinator of the medical department of INCAMED, in an interview for Minuto Argentina, defines that the cannabis is a plant which, as such, has multiple uses and benefits, which is why it can be classified as “an immense therapeutic tool”.
As far as medicinal or therapeutic use is concerned, the cannabis It has become, in recent years, an alternative treatment therapy to treat multiple diseases, thanks to its properties; however, it has been used curatively for more than 5,000 years.
The specialist explains that this occurs, thanks to the fact that the cannabis It has many active principles, which are classified, mainly, in cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids, which, in turn, means that not all plants of cannabis they produce the same effect.
Although this plant species has multiple properties and, in turn, can be used in a variety of pathologies, it is generally used for the treatment of chronic pain, especially neuropathic and inflammatory pain.
Also the plant turns out to be very effective in cancer patients, to treat insomnia, fatigue, tremors, anxiety, anorexia, intestinal problems, seizures, autoimmune diseasesamong many others.
However, Veneziano clarifies that “the cannabis it is not magic”, but a therapeutic tool that can often be accompanied by other treatments or drugs. “From the way I practice medicine, I understand that the tools must be in a context to be able to give the best of itself.”
For this same reason, it is very important that, when using the plant medicinally, there is comprehensive medical support, since it is necessary to know the needs of each patient and, likewise, determine the way in which the treatment should be developed. treatment.
This, moreover, if it is considered that not all people react in the same way to therapy, since some are more reactive than others, for which the methods are completely individual, because what works for some, does not for others; or not in the same way.
Therefore, the doctor highlights: “the cannabis It is used for many ailments that depend a lot on each person, the context, what type of cannabis and how it is used.
Although medicinal treatments are very effective, even in the short term, they can also generate unwanted effects, like any other substance; however, they are infrequent, even almost null and easy to treat; For this reason, it is so important to know the clinical history of each patient, to know which is the most effective form of use.
This, since several types of cannabis and regulate the doses in order to provide a better treatment, because, as the specialist points out, you have to learn to use the “cannabis as a tool that enhances comprehensive treatment”.
Just as the plant has different benefits and properties, it can also be used in different ways, since each form has different characteristics and times in which they take effect.
Some of the most used routes are by inhalation; sublingually, which is done with oils that vary in concentration; digestively, with various preparations such as capsules; among other.
In this sense, in the market, the most common is to find oils that are macerated or alcoholic extractions. Likewise, each preparation has a dosage of cannabis different.
In this way, medical support becomes an essential part of the treatment, both for it to be effective and for the therapeutic tool “to be used to its maximum potential”, as the doctor points out, in a dialogue for this newspaper.
Within this framework, INCAMED provides each of its patients with a comprehensive treatment, which includes the person from all areas (physical, mental, emotional), which must function in a coordinated, coherent and balanced manner so that there is a true state of health.
For this reason, its entire team of professionals, from its different specialties (medicine, occupational therapy, psychology, among others), offer, in addition to a medical service, a complete therapeutic treatment, which allows the patient to have better results.
Likewise, the organization provides listening spaces around the use of cannabis medicinal, since it is important that it is used responsibly, for which, also, one of its main objectives is to educate and provide reliable, safe and certified information on how the plant should be used.
What does it mean that the country has enacted the Medical Cannabis Law
Last May, the Government enacted the Law on cannabis Medicinal, after achieving its approval in the Chamber of Deputies. Said regulation, in essence, creates a regulatory framework for the chain of production, industrialization and commercialization of plant of cannabis.
This includes its seeds and derived products, both for industrial and medicinal use, for which the planting, cultivation, harvesting, production, storage, transportation, marketing, import, export and possession of the plant is authorized.
In addition, the law promotes research projects around the use of cannabis medicine and grants licenses to a series of links in the productive sector, which will facilitate its commercialization.
In this regard, the specialist pointed out that the approval of this law means a very big step for the country, since, among other things, will allow access to cannabis which, in turn, leads to a validation of the rights of citizens.
In addition, it indicates that, from the industrial perspective, the law will “amplify the promotion of work, of using the plant from its multiple facets and benefits”; but, above all, it promotes access to information to educate on the subject, which, in turn, will make it possible to break with the paradigms and myths that exist in this regard, since today, the greatest challenge on the cannabis medicine is in the fact of guaranteeing that its use is responsible and safe and that “there is knowledge over the stigma or prohibition”.
