Is marijuana a medical miracle? The truth is, we still don't know

What’s the evidence behind medical cannabis? While many attest to its healing powers, research into the full potential has long been legally restricted

The movement to legalize medical marijuana has its roots in the 1980s and early 1990s, the worst days of the US Aids epidemic. The disease was a death sentence, and stricken young men sought out marijuana for relief and solace. In San Francisco’s Castro District, a gay Vietnam veteran named Dennis Peron ran an illegal dispensary to supply them. Peron went on to co-write Proposition 215, which California passed in 1996, becoming the first state to allow medical marijuana – med for short.

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Med can be understood as a folk remedy, an awkward compromise between medicinal properties and an unworkable legal situation

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