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The FDA issued a 2006 advisory against smoked medical cannabis stating: "marijuana has a high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision." [72]
A chemical in marijuana, THC, triggers brain cells to release the chemical dopamine. Dopamine creates good feelings — for a short time. Here's the thing: Once dopamine starts flowing, a user feels the urge to smoke marijuana again, and then again, and then again. Repeated use could lead to addiction, and addiction is a brain disease.
Once cannabis is dried to 62%, it is sealed in airtight containers to 'cure.' Some growers cure as long as six months, while others do not cure for a week or two, or not at all. As with tobacco, curing can make the cannabis more pleasant to smoke. For the same reasons as when drying, curing jars are stored in a cool, dark place. [37]
If you do have them in your home, treat all THC products like other substances and medications that are potentially harmful to children. All products should be stored up, away, and out of sight ...
Proposition 215 – the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 – was subsequently approved with 56% of the vote, legalizing the use, possession, and cultivation of cannabis by patients with a physician's recommendation, for treatment of cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or "any other illness for which ...
Regulators this week approved home-grow cannabis rules in NY after months of review. But there's more to it than planting some seeds.
However, the main mode of administration for cannabis is smoking because its effects are almost immediate when the smoke is inhaled. Between 1996 and 1999, eight U.S. states supported cannabis prescriptions opposing policies of the federal government. Most people who are prescribed marijuana for medical purposes use it to alleviate severe pain.
Carter endorsed the commission's "primary recommendations" to "substitute treatment for imprisonment for people who use drugs but do no harm to others, and to concentrate more coordinated ...