| Though marijuana has long been associated as an | | | | they have found relief from pain by smoking pot and |
| addictive drug, it has now been accepted by the | | | | also relief from nausea caused by chemotherapy |
| medical fraternity as an option to cure those who are | | | | treatment. However, according to doctors, there is |
| suffering from certain chronic ailments. The use of | | | | no positive evidence that smoking pot give any |
| marijuana has been currently permitted by twelve | | | | special benefits over and above approved |
| American states. Marijuana can now be used in its | | | | medications which are currently being used to treat |
| medicinal form, though it is illegal to use it just as a | | | | patients. According to doctors, the effects of pot as |
| drug. Being in use for approximately 2000 years | | | | stated by many are not yet verified by controlled |
| medical marijuana in Colorado has just been | | | | scientific research. |
| permitted. | | | | Its main chemical ingredient is |
| Earliest mention about marijuana in the States was in | | | | delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC and its color is |
| Jamestown, Virginia, in the year 1611 though it has | | | | gray, brown, or green. This drug has been used in |
| been used in China for much longer. During the olden | | | | countries like India, Egypt, and China to cure malaria, |
| days, it was used to treat various ailments like labor | | | | rheumatism, constipation, and gouts for many years. |
| pains, insomnia, and spastic conditions. This drug is a | | | | It was also used as an anesthetic during childbirth. It |
| product of the hemp plant and is also known as | | | | has been reported that cannabis has also been used |
| cannabis. The leaves, stems, and seeds of this plant | | | | in England as a cure for depression. |
| can be smoked or made into liquids and pills. | | | | The positive response that this drug has received |
| The basics of medical marijuana in USA is that it is | | | | and its popularity can be understood by going |
| classified as a schedule I controlled substance | | | | through these reviews. Medical treatment of chronic |
| according to U.S. drug laws. The meaning of this is | | | | ailments is going through a change and one can now |
| that it is not acceptable for use by the medical | | | | see quite medical marijuana dispensary in different |
| fraternity. However, there are quite a number of | | | | parts of the country and one can now also find |
| patients who claim that they have found relief from | | | | medical marijuana doctors. You can also browse the |
| glaucoma symptoms. They have also claimed that | | | | net for additional details or check the yellow pages. |