The Many Benefits of Cannabis
The medical community in many countries is recognizing the benefits of cannabis and encouraging its use for medicinal purposes. Many people report positive results when they ingest cannabis, including alleviation of common ailments including chronic pain, cancer and glaucoma. There are numerous reported health benefits of cannabis, but is it really true? Let's start with the most obvious: it is an intoxicating drug with known very real, harmful side effects. The primary known side effect is that it causes drowsiness. It also causes loss of appetite and leads to nausea. Users may also experience body changes, including weight loss, coordination difficulties, slurred speech, lack of focus, impaired thinking and memory and feelings of paranoia. There are also some rare but severe side effects such as seizures, hallucinations, panic attacks, severe nausea, convulsions, respiratory failure and extreme tiredness or even death. That's quite a lot to deal with, especially when you co...