Researchers have shown that marijuana can relieve pain and get drunk, stimulates appetite, and can help alleviate pain in people with HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis.
But people who used cannabis continuously for a long time can cause the dependence that will damage the brain and the body itself.
The researchers revealed there are several facts that marijuana can indeed be a drug.
1. Researchers have shown that marijuana can relieve pain and get drunk, stimulates appetite, and can help symptoms of diseases such as HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis. But people who used cannabis continuously for long periods can cause dependence.
2. In 1999, investigation of the House of Lords inquiry recommends that marijuana made and available by prescription. Long-term clinical trial has been approved but no conclusions are made.
3. Marijuana legal for medical use in countries including Canada, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Israel, Italy, Finland, Portugal and 14 states in the U.S..
4. Drug marijuana is generally smoked, but can also be given in capsules or by eating or drinking the juice. Two major components are THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol).
High levels of THC which causes users to feel intoxicated, where the levels of CBD reduces some effects of THC and increase others, making it more suitable for the use of drugs.
5. Colin Davies, 42 years old, a resident of Manchester Stockport acquitted by the court in July 1999, in supplying two MS patients with drug marijuana. Davies itself uses the drugs after suffering from the effect of the prescription drugs. This consideration is the first time in England court.
6. Jason Turner, 23 years old, a resident of Clifton, Nottingham, was detained by the court in 2009 after pleading guilty of producing cannabis in the attic; he assumes that he need it to help reduce the pain of acute arthritis who experienced him since birth.
