With all the disinformation surrounding the subject of medical marijuana, our advertising partners at the Genesee County Compassion Club have provided us with some facts about the benefits of the legal medication.

Marijuana Facts

Every single mammal on earth has cannabis receptors in their body

Humans have multiple receptors throughout their body, including CB1 and CB2

THC has been shown to attack cancer cells

In 1915 there were over 30 different cannabis based medicines made by pharmaceutical companies

Cannabis has no known LD50 – that means you can’t overdose

Medical studies rank marijuana as less habit forming than caffeine

Cannabis has over 80 known cannabinoids, thc is one of them

Cannabinoids have antibacterial properties

Annual number of deaths by drugs – marijuana zero / Number by prescription drugs – 18,675

In 1988 Judge Francis Young of the DEA, declared Marijuana as "one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man."

*Claims based on informations available from Marijuana Policy Project and Americans for Safe Access. *These are the opinions of Genesee County Compassion Center.