Myths in favor of dealers. Does "medical mari-juana" cure anything?

How true is the talk that marijuana is useful, which supporters of the legalization of this drug are so fond of?

Attitudes towards marijuana - the most common drug - are changing rapidly in the world. In recent years, it has been decriminalized in many countries around the world. Moreover, the so-called medical marijuana has appeared. The question arises - can a drug really cure?

- Most of the known drugs of the 19th-20th century were originally synthesized as a drug. The therapeutic use of marijuana (a drug derived from cannabis or cannabis) also has a long history," says a narcologist, Doctor of medical Sciences, Professor Vladimir Nuzhny. - There is evidence that this herb has been used for a long time as an antiemetic and analgesic, as well as an antidepressant. However, doctors were categorically against such treatment - it is known that the biological activity of smoking herbs varies widely, which is fraught with the possibility of

Heart attacks, psychoses and schizophrenia

Does marijuana really have medicinal properties?

According to a report by the US National Academy of Sciences, the evidence-based level of marijuana effectiveness is significant only for two medical indications - chronic pain and nausea and vomiting in cancer patients during chemotherapy. With symptoms of other diseases (seizures, insomnia, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma), the evidence level of its effectiveness was found to be limited and insufficient.

Doctors know much more about the negative consequences of marijuana use.

In the same report of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, it was stated that the data on the effectiveness of cannabis drugs in mental disorders (depression, mania, psychosis) are very doubtful, since epidemiological studies show that long-term use of marijuana leads to the emergence of similar disorders.

For a long time it was believed that marijuana is a light drug that does not cause addiction..