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Health See other Health Articles Title: Here’s what marijuana actually does to your body and brain Heres what marijuana actually does to your body and brain Erin Brodwin, Julia Naftulin 6/2/2019 Slide 1 of 27: Marijuana's official designation in the US as a Schedule 1 drug - something with "no currently accepted medical use" - means it has been pretty tough to study. Despite that, a growing body of research and numerous anecdotal reports link cannabis with several health benefits, including pain relief and the potential to help with certain forms of epilepsy. In addition, researchers say there are many other ways marijuana might affect health that they want to better understand - including a mysterious syndrome that appears to make marijuana users violently ill. Along with several other recent studies, a massive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2017 helps sum up exactly what we know - and what we don't - about the science of weed. Here's what you should know about how marijuana affects the brain and body. 1/27 SLIDES © Darrin Harris Frisby / Drug Policy Alliance Marijuana's official designation in the U.S. as a Schedule 1 drug - something with "no currently accepted medical use" - means it has been pretty tough to study. Despite that, a growing body of research and numerous anecdotal reports link cannabis with several health benefits, including pain relief and the potential to help with certain forms of epilepsy. In addition, researchers say there are many other ways marijuana might affect health that they want to better understand - including a mysterious syndrome that appears to make marijuana users violently ill. Along with several other recent studies, a massive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2017 helps sum up exactly what we know - and what we don't - about the science of weed. Here's what you should know about how marijuana affects the brain and body. Click through the gallery above to learn more. Poster Comment: Very interesting. When Prohibition ended they needed something to keep all those agents busy. So they made Marijuana a Schedule 1 drug. Slide show at source. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest
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