The body of evidence supporting the health benefits of marijuana and its derivatives is becoming quite impressive.

Here's a short list:

Cancer: Cannabinoids (the active ingredient in marijuana) has been shown in animal studies to kill tumor cells and tumor growth.

Alzheimer's: Marijuana works to prevent Alzheimer's by blocking the formation of beta amyloid plaques that are a cause of the disease, according to 2006 research from the Scripps Institute.

Seizures: As a muscle relaxant and antispasmodic, marijuana has been shown to be a very effective treatment for many types of seizures.

Migraines: Doctors in California report they have successfully treated more than 300,000 people with migraine headaches for whom standard medicine could offer no relief since medical marijuana was legalized in the state.

Multiple sclerosis: Marijuana stops the neurological effects and muscles spans of the invariably fatal disease.

Irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn's disease: Marijuana has been shown to relieve the symptoms of these debilitating conditions by stopping nausea, cramping, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS): Marijuana blocks the cramping associated with PMS, much in the same way it works for the digestive problems above.

Glaucoma: Marijuana's effects on this disease of the optic nerve that can cause blindness. Extensive research shows marijuana lowers the pressure in the eye, relieving pain and even reversing the condition.

Tourette's syndrome: This neurological condition is characterized by tics, grimaces and involuntary movements. Marijuana has been shown to reduce or even eliminate the spasms.

ADD and ADHD: Marijuana has been shown to be at least as effective as the prescription drug Ritalin without any of the negative side effects associated with the drug.

More research is under way on additional uses of marijuana for cancer treatment as well as its use to treat PTSD.

Cannabis has been used for centuries in medical and recreational applications only for its validity to be tarnished in 1930 by Henry J Anslinger, Director of the US Federal Bureau of Narcotics in a ploy to secure more funding for his agency. They demonized a plant that has been used culturally, spiritually, and medicinally for thousands of years, spreading false propaganda campaigns like the universally mocked "Reefer Madness" film that claimed smoking marijuana leads a user to insanity, criminality, and death, citing tales of children smoking pot once and murdering their whole families with axes. Many smokers enjoy lighting up a fresh joint and watching these silly films to laugh at the absurdity of such claims. Later President Nixon had opportunity and bipartisan support to legalize but instead used it as an excuse to raid meetings of civil rights activists and arrest anyone who would be bold enough to protest the systematic racism that pervaded their society. An aide in the administration named John Ehrlichman was qouted saying:

"We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."

Some will say that was America, this is Kuwait.

I say we have our own sinister reasons for keeping Cannabis prohibited, too many high up in government stand to profit from prohibition, you can't ban something and expect it to disappear, there is still an unregulated, unsafe black market, one with a monopoly held by the very same people who cling to prohibition. The largest suppliers are the ones in charge of these laws, they cut products like hash with henna and opium, mark it up over 1000% all while dealing with no competition.

They would forsake our children to these vile additives and crippling prices all so that they can make a quick buck, I'm sick of seeing kids who would otherwise experiment safely with weed, smoke Chemical/Spice just because Marijuana is too expensive. While I recommend you should be an adult before smoking sometimes you can't stop the youth from experimenting, at least give them something that will open their minds rather than cripple them.

Prohibition does not work, it only leaves a black market where safety/quality of product and age of buyer do not matter.

LEGALIZE, REGULATE, KEEP OUR BELOVED COUNTRY SAFE