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A cannabis plant includes more than 400 different chemicals, of which about 70 are cannabinoids. [15] In comparison, typical government-approved medications contain only one or two chemicals. [15] The number of active chemicals in cannabis is one reason why treatment with cannabis is difficult to classify and study. [15]
Brick weed is a curing and packaging method of cannabis cultivation that consists in drying the bud for a short period, if at all, and pressing it with a hydraulic press, compacting the whole plant (bud, stems and seeds) into a brick, hence the name brick weed. This method is mainly used in the top cannabis producing countries like Mexico and ...
The DEA publication Exposing the Myth of Smoked Medical Marijuana interpreted the IOM's statement, "While we see a future in the development of chemically defined cannabinoid drugs, we see little future in smoked marijuana as a medicine," as meaning that smoking cannabis is not recommended for the treatment of any disease condition. [52]
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Former talk show host Montel Williams is an advocate who uses cannabis to treat his multiple sclerosis, a topic he has testified about in a number of states considering medical cannabis legislation. [143] Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders has also testified in support of medical cannabis legislation in several states. [144]
(of Cannabis) Leveillula taurica Oidiopsis taurica [anamorph] Podosphaera macularis = Sphaerotheca humuli = Sphaerotheca macularis. Oidium sp. [anamorph] Golovinomyces cichoracearum sensu lato Golovinomyces ambrosiae. Red boot Melanospora cannabis (secondary on hemp canker) Rhizoctonia soreshin and root rot Rhizoctonia solani: Rust Aecidium ...
Medical cannabis (or medical marijuana) refers to the use of cannabis and its constituent cannabinoids, in an effort to treat disease or improve symptoms. Cannabis is used to reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy , to improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS , and to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms .
A dried cannabis flower. The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.