The female is what is known as Marijuana and the male is known as Hemp. (Bonsor).
Marijuana is available almost everywhere, in the suburbs and the city. It is found growing in homes, on farms, on public lands, and in secluded areas. The US forest service seized over one million pounds of marijuana in 1999. (Bonsor) Marijuana is grown and imported from around the world as well. .
Marijuana usage has many medical benefits. It became popular as a medicine in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century. Then, marijuana was used to treat general headaches, migraine headaches, depression, muscular tension, insomnia, and menstrual cramps. Today, marijuana has proven to be beneficial in the treatment of many more medical conditions including glaucoma, cancer, and asthma. In 1976, Robert C. Randall became the very first American to ever gain legal access to marijuana for medical purposes. (Cloud 65) In Marijuana, The Patients? Fight for Medical Pot, he describes how marijuana helped him through his battle with glaucoma,Marijuana has helped control it. Marijuana is helping me to save my eyesight.? (Unanswered) Marijuana has helped Mr. Randall in his fight with glaucoma, and has the potential to aid in the treatment of many other medical situations. (Unanswered) Myron Lindey has also received medical marijuana. Lindey was suffering from cancer in the bladder before he started to use marijuana for his condition he was constantly losing weight. (Unanswered) With the help of marijuana he was able to gain some weight. (Unanswered)I back medicinal use of marijuana.? he states,It helped me to gain weight that the cancer had ate away.? He also claimes, I never smoked marijuana before my cancer and I haven't smoked it since. But I firmly believe that when I need it, it saved my life?. (Unanswered).
In 1996, voters in California approved a law that relaxes regulations on medical marijuana. The federal government cannot take action against California doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients.
