What does medical marijuana do for the human body?

Answer 1

There are several chemicals in cannabis that are essential for proper bodily functions and all of them are produced by the human body when they are needed. Three different chemicals are known stimulate the growth of nerve and brain cells. Two other chemicals actually coat brain cells to prevent them from suffering damage and promote healing after traumatic brain injury. Six chemicals enhance the heart's ability to increase circulation by either dilating blood vessels, increasing gas transfer, or dissolving toxins. And those are simply the chemicals that CANNOT be created artificially. All of those chemicals are produced by the human body, and cannabis (marijuana) is one of the few plants that also have these substances in quantities that make it easy (inexpensive) to acquire without intensive knowledge of chemistry and medicine.

SMOKING marijuana, however, negates most of the beneficial effects of ingesting cannabis because it, like all plants, release tar, hot ash, and carbon monoxide that will damage the lungs, heart, and brain. Cannabis by itself can be beneficial...if pharmaceutical companies were allowed to grow and extract the many chemicals found in cannabis that cannot be synthesized.