Marijuana is used world wide. Every country in the world has a different look on marijuana. The range is widespread, in Holland its looked upon as a blessing. You can buy it in coffee shops that are located all over the country. Some eastern countries are so strict on marijuana that you can loose a hand just for having it. In Canada we are pretty easy on pot. Here if you get caught with a bit you get $125 fine or up to 6 months in jail for possession of a controlled substance the money of course goes to the government. If you have over an ounce you can be charged with trafficking which is selling. Trafficking can be up to 5 years in jail. Over the past couple decades the fight has got stronger and stronger but still has a long way to go. In British Columbia you can actually grow plants in your own home without getting charged. However there is a limit on the amount you can grow. As the fight continues we near decriminalization. Well at least for medicinal purposes that is.

Health Minister Allan Rock has called for proposals to establish

Marijuana is not only a medicine and a recreational activity its also proven that it can help stop future health problems. The US National Institute of Health has found that chemicals in cannabis can reduce the extent of damage during a stroke in rats. Rats are by no means compared to humans but we function the same and are both mammals so in a larger scale it can probably do the same thing to humans. Experiments with nerve cells, and then actual rats suggests that THC and cannabidiol (both found in marijuana) can protect the cells by acting as antioxidants and are helpful in prevention of stroke, heart attacks and neurodegenerative diseases. 80% of all strokes are "ischaemic strokes". In these strokes free radicals are released into the bloodstream. These harmful molecules are believed to be the main factor in causing stroke damage such as loss of speech and vision and also paralysis. This study is being constantly looked at to see if we can use marijuana to

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Or if all of the marijuana grown was used for medicinal users a single farm could generate all the medicinal marijuana required to make medicine for many thousands of patients. Furthermore marijuana can be used to eat, to cook with as gasoline and fabric.

Once they have a reliable source of marijuana they will recruit trial participants from across Canada.

a "Canadian source of quality marijuana" for trials in the drugs therapeutic values. Rock has given special authority to 37 Canadians to legally use marijuana, under section 56 of the Controlled Substance Act. He is going to have extra security to make sure that this marijuana doesn't get to people that shouldn't be using it, just the 37 issued. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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