About 147 million people - around 2.5 per cent of the world's population - use cannabis, according to the World Health Organisation. And medicinal properties of the drug are increasingly being recognised. It can be used to treat conditions ranging from the nausea caused by chemotherapy for cancer patients and chronic pain to cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy.
[I may never move off the Gunny Blogger site] This link is to The Times of India and includes some very interesting points about pharmaceutical companies and others present marijuana as an elixir for a variety of ills. Check out the full story @ As cannabis is widely legalized, China cashes in on an unprecedented boom - Times Of India
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