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¿La marihuana es un medicamento?

El uso de la marihuana para tratar varios problemas médicos, es decir, el uso de la “marihuana medicinal”, es un tema controvertido y lo ha sido durante algún tiempo. Algunas personas han argumentado que los efectos benéficos de la marihuana que se han reportado para una variedad de síntomas justifican su legalización como medicamento para ciertos pacientes.

Is Marijuana Medicine?

The use of marijuana to treat various medical conditions—or “medical marijuana”—is a controversial topic and has been for some time. Some people have argued that marijuana’s reported beneficial effects on a variety of symptoms justify its legalization as a medicine for certain patients. Often the potential harm of marijuana use is not considered in these arguments, although risk is part of what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assesses when deciding whether to approve a medicine.

Marijuana

Marijuana is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. In a more concentrated, resinous form, it is called hashish, and as a sticky black liquid, hash oil. The main psychoactive (mind-altering) chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.

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