Cannabis and the Cancer Connection Call it what you will — weed, dope, grass, green, pot, hashish, hemp, Mary Jane, ganja, dagga, marijuana the names variations is an endless list. If you want to be more technical, it also goes by the name Cannabis saliva and Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). No plant has ever known so much publicity. It has been both crucified and lauded by the public. All of that is slowly changing. Currently, there are 23 states in the US and several countries that have either legalized or decriminalized the use of marijuana in some form. Marijuana, is perhaps its most popular name in the international community and has been linked to hippies andpotheads during the 6o's. Nixon's 'war on drugs' as well as marijuana growers purposely straining out the all-too important CBD, the plant's medicinal values fell out of focus and its psychedelic properties exploited. Worse still, once the healing benefits, which have been around for thousands of years, were removed, you are just left with a mild psycoactive drug which was labelled as evil, dangerous and wrong. This was just a cover up by the establishment to make people forget about its medical benefits. Cannabis was falsely perpetrated as being the gateway to harder more illicit drugs. Many people were hoodwinked with this propaganda while the real facts showed that over the counter (OTC) drugs were far more likely to turn you into a junkie. Prescription painkillers and tranquilizers still wreak havoc toady, all the time earning the pharma giants and governments huge profits. There are four times more deaths from overdoses on these drugs than cocaine and heroin combined, and yet every day millions more pills are pushed on the unsuspecting. Cannabis is a great example of how the human mind can be conditioned to believe something, even when faced with contradicting evidence afterwards. Growing up, we are told "drugs" are bad, which is very true, however not all substances that have been labelled as "drugs" by the varying authoritative bodies are harmful. It's possible that substances are labelled as a "drug" in order to protect corporate interests. Marijuana may or may not be a miracle drug, but with every new revelation that it does so much more than make a user hungry, tired or laugh it is easy to comprehend why every American is not growing and benefitting from its incredible health benefits; keeping it illegal is making the pharmaceutical industrial complex and prison industry incredibly rich while people are suffering and dying. Fortunately, the landscape on marijuana as medicine has changed.
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