Though cannabis is a useful medicinal plant, it is often disrespected for its ill uses. But, two Canadian researchers are determined to change the stigma by carrying out a research in which they are studying the cannabis genome. The only method to study it is to sequence them. Though cannabis is a useful medicinal plant, it is often disrespected for its ill uses. But, two Canadian researchers are determined to change the stigma by carrying out a research in which they are studying the cannabis genome. The only method to study it is to sequence them.

How many dozens of studies proving Cannabis has medicinal value are going to have to be released before the government will recognize these results and re classify Cannabis from a schedule 1 drug to something more realistic...?

The research is expected to get finished by Thursday and then, it would be published in the open access journal Genome Biology. Both the researchers, Jon Page from the University of Saskatchewan and Tim Hughes from the University of Toronto have chosen one of the two varieties of cannabis, marijuana to prove the above.

Page who is plant biochemist and Hughes, who is molecular biologist, has become first researchers to study the genomes of cannabis, by sequencing them. And, marijuana has become the maiden medicinal plant to be sequenced, and all over, 22nd plant to be sequenced.

Cannabis comes in two types, hemp and marijuana. Researchers are working their best to make marijuana included in the legally allowed medicinal plants of Canada. While doing the research, they found that it is the farmers, who make marijuana, a drug component.

There are number of uses of marijuana, but people often associate with illegal drug, as they are unaware of its medicinal plant. Between marijuana and hemp, former one is stronger than latter in relation to the presence of THC, a metical component. Taking it as an opportunity, farmers rather toning its effect down, they elevates its effect by bring change in its molecular structure.

Hemp has lesser amount of THC, and could be used in making ropes, fiberglass, plastic material, which could be used in manufacturing of cars, and could also be used in making bricks.