Pros Of Medical Marijuana

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Nowadays medical marijuana is a very debate issue in many countries around the world. Some say medical marijuana have many harmful and effect on your body . However I think medical marijuana has ability to relax the pain of a serious illness. Medical marijuana has not only used for relax the pain but also use it for treatment a disease by three reasons. First of all, medical marijuana is used to treat cancer. Medical marijuana can reduce the symptom of cancer treatment including nausea and vomiting.
The cannabinoids naturally produced in the body can stop nausea in normal situation and the cannabinoids from medical marijuana can also effectively help symptom feel much better. The body can absorbs medical marijuana too quickly

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