There is no sense in subverting the scientific process for assessing, testing and approving medications by resorting to a non-medical, political process. The active ingredient in the cannabis leaf, THC, is synthesized in measured dosages as Marinol, a prescription drug that has been available for 15 years. Such developments may make it easier for more individuals to realize the possible therapeutic benefits of THC under controlled, prescribed conditions. To Be Any purported medicine smoked in unmeasured amounts and unknown purity is suspect. No one argues that people should eat moldy bread instead of taking a penicillin capsule.
Pills are cleaner, safer and more efficacious than smoke.
Crude marijuana, unlike Marinol, contains a host of tars and other dangerous substances that have no therapeutic value. If components of marijuana other than THC are found to be medically valuable, the current scientific process will approve those components for safe use. Why marijuana is emerging as such a panacea. UK Report and Marijuana Derivative Used To Treat Severe Head Trauma, Leading Cause Of Death In Children. Nevada doesn't need wholesale experimenting with dangerous home remedies.