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Understanding the Science Behind the Medical Use of Marijuana
Marijuana is a name given to the dried form of flowers, buds, and leaves of the cannabis sativa plant. This greenish-grey mixture of the plant also goes by terms ranging from weed, herb, grass, hash, and ganja. Although the benefits of marijuana are popular around the world for centuries, the specifics of them have been getting popular amongst the medical world with the conclusion of a wide array of scientific studies, especially after the discovery of the compounds found in it called CBD and THC. Marijuana falls under the classification of a Schedule 1 substance under the Controlled Substances Act 1970, thereby posing it as a potential for abuse…