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Cannabis use and medicine, the debate over benefits and harms

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An excerpt from Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke: Its Ethnobotany as Hallucinogen, Perfume, Incense, and Medicine. by Marcello Pennacchio, PhD Few plants have generated as much debate and controversy as cannabis (Cannabis sativa). Throughout the ages, it has been…

An excerpt from Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke: Its Ethnobotany as Hallucinogen, Perfume, Incense, and Medicine.

by Marcello Pennacchio, PhD

Few plants have generated as much debate and controversy as cannabis (Cannabis sativa).

Throughout the ages, it has been labelled both a dangerous drug and potent medicine. Where the former is concerned, law-enforcement agents and governments spend …

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Cannabis use and medicine, the debate over benefits and harms