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    Marijuana, also called cannabis, refers to the dried flowers of the cannabis plant which contains over 100 compounds including THC and CBD. While THC is psychoactive and impairs the mind, CBD is not and has gained popularity for potential medical uses like epilepsy and anxiety. The document discusses the pros and cons of marijuana use, differences between CBD and marijuana, countries where marijuana is legal, and FDA-approved marijuana medicines. The conclusion acknowledges marijuana's potential medical benefits but also risks that require informed decisions.

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    Marijuana, also called cannabis, refers to the dried flowers of the cannabis plant which contains over 100 compounds including THC and CBD. While THC is psychoactive and impairs the mind, CBD is not and has gained popularity for potential medical uses like epilepsy and anxiety. The document discusses the pros and cons of marijuana use, differences between CBD and marijuana, countries where marijuana is legal, and FDA-approved marijuana medicines. The conclusion acknowledges marijuana's potential medical benefits but also risks that require informed decisions.

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    Marijuana, also called cannabis, refers to the dried flowers of the cannabis plant which contains over 100 compounds including THC and CBD. While THC is psychoactive and impairs the mind, CBD is not and has gained popularity for potential medical uses like epilepsy and anxiety. The document discusses the pros and cons of marijuana use, differences between CBD and marijuana, countries where marijuana is legal, and FDA-approved marijuana medicines. The conclusion acknowledges marijuana's potential medical benefits but also risks that require informed decisions.

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    USE OF MARIJUANA IN

    SOCIETY

    MARTINA DIAMANTI AND ALEJANDRA BAZÁN


    INDEX
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    INTRODUCTION.

    WHAT IS MARIJUANA

    PROS AND CONS

    DIFFERENCES OF CBD AND


    MARIJUANA

    MEDICINE WITH MARIJUANA


    APPROVED
    2

    COUNTRIES
    WHAT IS IT?
    Marijuana, which can also be called cannabis, refers to the dried flowers of the
    USE OF WEED

    cannabis plant. The cannabis plant contains more than 100 cannabinoids.

    These compounds include tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is impairing or


    mind-altering, as well as other active compounds, such as cannabidiol (CBD).
    CBD is not impairing, meaning it does not cause a “high”.

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    INTRODUCTION
    USED OF WEED

    The use of cannabis is very normalized in


    society. With the legalization of this, in many
    countries of the world the subject of marihuana
    as a potential medicine has become a subject of
    debate.

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    PROS AND CONS
    PROS AND CONS
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    PR O S C O NS
    • Pain relief • Respiratory risks:
    • Nausea and vomiting control • Drug interaction
    • Appetite simulation • Psychoactive effects
    • Neuroprotective effects • Can generate addiction
    • Recent animal studies have
    shown that marijuana extracts
    can help kill certain cancer
    cells and shrink others.
    6 • Helps epilepsy treatment
    DIFFERENCES OF CBD
    AND MARIJUANA
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    CBD
    1. CBD is just one of the many cannabinoids
    found in cannabis.
    2. CBD has gained popularity for its potential
    medicinal properties. For example: epilepsy,
    anxiety…
    3. CBD is legal in more countries.
    4. CBD is non- psycoactive.
    5. This has minimal side effects, like dry mouth
    7 or drowsiness.
    DIFFERENCES OF CBD
    AND MARIJUANA
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    MARIJUANA
    1. Marijuana refers to the whole cannabis plant
    ( THC).
    2. Psychoactive effects.
    3. Used for medical purposes, but because of
    its psychoactive effects can limit it in some
    cases.
    4. It is prohibited by law and has to be
    regulated.
    5. Sides effects for example, addiction and
    abuse.

    8
    COUNTRIES IN WHICH
    MARIJUANA IS LEGAL
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    URUGUAY SUDÁFRICA GEORGIA MALTA MÉXICO


    2013 2018 2018 2021 2021

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    MEDICINES WITH
    MARIJUANA APPROVED
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    BY THE FDA
    EPIDIOLEX: Liquid CBD based medicine, for the
    treatment of childhood epilepsy and Dravet
    syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

    DRONABINOL AND NABILONE: THC-based


    drugs as prescription pills for the treatment of
    nausea in patients receiving chemotherapy for
    cancer, and to stimulate appetite in patients
    who have wasting syndrome due to AIDS.

    NABIXIMOL: mouth spray for the treatment of


    10 spasticity and neuropathic pain. Available in the
    UK, Canada etc.
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    CONCLUSION

    Marijuana has been studied for its potential


    medicinal uses, it also comes with risks like the
    ones we have named before. We wanted to
    approach this topic considering both its potential
    benefits and risks to make people take informed
    decisions based on reliable information.

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    THANK YOU

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