Category: Ontario Dispensary

Canada has become the second country to legalize the weed for marketing purposes. The first country was Uruguay which was followed by some USA states like California. There are various pros associated with this move as highlighted and explained below.

a)  Availing medicinal marijuana. Research has found that marijuana is very effective in managing chronic pain that is associated with inflammatory diseases, cancer, incessant headaches and others. Legalizing marijuana means that patients suffering from these conditions will be able to access the much-needed drug.

b)  Improvement in quality and standards The legalization of marijuana means that the government will set standards in producing the weed, and marketing. This will assure the consumers that they are taking a quality product that adheres to the set standards by the industry regulators. The product will have the ingredients used, the quality standards and the expiry date. They will be labelled indicating that amount that should be used and what to do if there is an overdose.

c)  Black market ends. The legalization of online dispensary Canada marijuana marks the end of the black market. It means that dealers who have been engaging in the illegal business will either be recognized as legal or stop doing the business all together because clients will not buy a product that has not been inspected and whose quality and standards are questionable.

d)  Refocus the attention of the police to other pressing issues. The time that the police waste to follow up illegal dealers of the marijuana will be dedicated to other crimes affecting the community. There will be additional revenue generated from the marijuana business that will boost the economy.

e)  Reduction on Gang-Related clash– In the regions that marijuana is recognized as legal, there will be a reduction of violent gang-related clashes that happen between the dealers and vigilante groups. It means that the safety of all the citizens is guaranteed as there will no gang-related violence.

f)   Increase in revenues. The marijuana industry is very lucrative and has millions of money. This money will be collected by the authorities and used for development purposes. The dealers of marijuana will have to pay tax as per the law.

g)  Protection of the youth. The young people will be protected from the harmful effects of cannabis. This is because cannabis will be sold to adults who are above 18 years. In the past, many youths have been exposed to the harmful effects that have injured their health. The legalization has stopped that.

h)  Creation of employment. Due to the legalization of weed, more jobs will be created in the retail shops to sell marijuana on a large scale basis. This will boost the economy.

Medical marijuana is also the medical cannabis which has been recommended by the doctors specifically to a patient. This is the whole extract that has not been processed. The use of marijuana as a medicine has not been quite tested due to the regulations posed by the government. Some very small evidence has shown that use of the marijuana reduce nausea or vomiting when one is going through chemotherapy, helps improve appetite to the people suffering from HIV/AIDS

MEDICAL USES

Well, some of the U. S states have already had the use of marijuana as a medicine legalized. And some are still waiting to pass the bill. But it has not been fully accepted as a treatment as there have not been enough studies done to prove safe and effective it is. The marijuana plant is still the one used for the recreational purposes. It has been known to treat the following illnesses

• Cancer
• Loss of appetite
• Glaucoma
• Alzheimer’s diseases
• Mental health and stress disorder
• Muscle spasms

The active chemical in the cannabis is the same as the chemicals the body will use in appetite, movement, memory, and pain. The results have been proving that the chemicals can be used to

• Reduce anxiety
• Kills the cancer cells and slow the growth of the tumor.
• Helps brings appetite especially to the people with cancer and HIV/AIDS
• Helps relax the muscles especially to the people with muscle spasms

The marijuana plant has not been accepted by the FDA as it requires some hundreds to thousands of humans being subjected to the treatment, to determine well the benefits and risks involved. For up to now the researchers have not been able to give enough information on the health risk of marijuana as there are some side effects to the usage. This is both short-term to long-term effects.

• Short term effects-if you smoke marijuana, the smoke will go to the lungs through the bloodstream. This blood will carry the chemicals all the way to the brain. If you eat or drink the marijuana bodies will absorb the THC, and you start feeling the effect within 30 minutes or 1 hour. The chemicals will play a big role in the development of the brain and its functioning. ‘The high’ feeling starts to come up, changes in the mood, impaired memory, a damaged sense of time, thinking and solving problems become difficult, hallucinations and delusions.
• Long-term effects-if you start using the drug as a teenager, the brain will be impaired, and research has shown that some of these changes could be permanent. To those who quit marijuana as adults, the mental abilities might not be fully recovered. As they could have lost some IQ points between the ages of 13 and 38.