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Is marijuana good or bad?
One of the most well-known medical uses of marijuana is for people going through chemotherapy. There is evidence that it is effective for this, according to the National Academies report. Cancer patients being treated with chemo suffer from painful nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. This can cause additional health complications.
Marijuana can help reduce side effects, alleviating pain, decreasing nausea, and stimulating the appetite.
There are also multiple FDA-approved cannabinoid drugs that use THC, the main active chemical in marijuana, for the same purpose. By Business Insider South Africa
What are the side effects of using marijuana?
Marijuana can also pose some harm to users. While the most common effect of marijuana is a feeling of euphoria (“a high”), it also can lower the user’s control over movement, cause disorientation, and sometimes cause unpleasant thoughts or feelings of anxiety and paranoia. Smoked marijuana delivers THC ( Tetrahydro-cannabinol, the main psychoactive compound in marijuana that gives the high sensation) and other cannabinoids to the body, but it also delivers harmful substances to users and those close by, including many of the same substances found in tobacco smoke.
Because marijuana plants come in different strains with different levels of active compounds, it can make each user’s experience very hard to predict. The effects can also differ based on how deeply and for how long the user inhales. Likewise, the effects of ingesting marijuana orally can vary between people. Also, some chronic users can develop an unhealthy dependence on marijuana. By American Cancer Society