What is Medical Cannabis (Marijuana)?
The medical use of Cannabis goes back to ancient times. The earliest reference dates back as far as 5000 years. The hemp plant (from which cannabis comes) has been cultivated in India and the Far East for thousands of years. Here in the United States, Cannabis was a common ingredient in medications until 1937, when the plant was outlawed by the Marijuana Tax Act, despite the objections of the American Medical Association. Medical Cannabis is used to treat such conditions as multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS, cancer, arthritis, cachexia (wasting syndrome), chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, epilepsy, migraines and health issues related to aging. There are no known severe long-term side effects to the physician-supervised use of Medical Cannabis. In fact, DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis Young declared in 1988 that Medical Cannabis is “one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man.” As a short-term life-prolonging medicine and a long-term therapy for chronic conditions, M
Medical Cannabis is used to treat such conditions as multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS, cancer, arthritis, cachexia (wasting syndrome), chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, epilepsy, migraines and health issues related to aging. There are no known severe long-term side effects to the physician-supervised use of Medical Cannabis.
