Jane Wright (2011), a health and social sciences lecturer at Bucks New University, documented the medicinal use of cannabis. Cannabis plant has been cultivated for thousands of years. The history of medical marijuana goes back as early as 1070 BC in Europe, China and Egypt. In the mid19th century Queen Victoria used cannabis to get rid of menstrual pain. In 1928, an international drug conference in Geneva made the use of cannabis illegal in the UK, because an Egyptian delegate convinced the UK that cannabis is dangerous for the society.
In the United Stated, marijuana was used for medical purpose until 1937, when its use was banned. In 1930’s during trials on marijuana law, one of the accessions that was made against marijuana, the blacks who used marijuana became violent and solicited sex …show more content…
Alexander Thielmann & Paul J Daeninck the author for Correspondence Department of Internal Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, discussed the use of marijuana in various conditions, however, it has to approve by a licensed physician. In the Canadian legal system, possession of marijuana is still illegal. However, medical marijuana is permitted under specific guidelines, which is known as the Medical Marihuana Access Regulations (MMAR). This system clarifies under which conditions and methods, marijuana can be used. Patient needs an approval of a license physician to apply to Health Canada for authorization to possess and use marijuana, as well as the permission to grow limited amounts of marijuana for personal use. According to the authors Thielmann, A. & Daeninck, P. (2013), “cannabis has psychosocial and physiological benefits as well as real harms with use or misuse. It is these harms that have produced the most notoriety for cannabis, and have led to many social and legal barriers to its widespread
In the United Stated, marijuana was used for medical purpose until 1937, when its use was banned. In 1930’s during trials on marijuana law, one of the accessions that was made against marijuana, the blacks who used marijuana became violent and solicited sex …show more content…
Alexander Thielmann & Paul J Daeninck the author for Correspondence Department of Internal Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, discussed the use of marijuana in various conditions, however, it has to approve by a licensed physician. In the Canadian legal system, possession of marijuana is still illegal. However, medical marijuana is permitted under specific guidelines, which is known as the Medical Marihuana Access Regulations (MMAR). This system clarifies under which conditions and methods, marijuana can be used. Patient needs an approval of a license physician to apply to Health Canada for authorization to possess and use marijuana, as well as the permission to grow limited amounts of marijuana for personal use. According to the authors Thielmann, A. & Daeninck, P. (2013), “cannabis has psychosocial and physiological benefits as well as real harms with use or misuse. It is these harms that have produced the most notoriety for cannabis, and have led to many social and legal barriers to its widespread