MORE RESEARCH NEEDED ON BENEFITS OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS Benefits of medical marijuana Despite the increasing number of states that have legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes, there is little evidence that points to specific medicinal benefits of cannabis
5 Healing communities harmed by federal, state, and local policies Mainstream public health efforts have often not been culturally tailored to address poor health outcomes in the American Indian population and as a result have been largely unsuccessful
[3] In 17th-century France, the leaves of the tobacco plant were thought to have wide-ranging medicinal properties and physicians used it to treat bubonic plague, asthma, cancer, migraine and for pain relief during childbirth
Smoking may also reduce the intestinal defenses, lower the flow of blood to the intestines, or promote inflammation by producing alterations in the immune system
How will those anti-tobacco advocates react as they slip down the slope theyve helped to create