Medicanal marijuana has a lotbof health benefits it contains chemicals that can cause CANCER CELLS TO STARVE TO DEATH, it also reduces some of the pain and nausea from CHEMOTHERAPY, It can be used to treat and prevent the eye disease GLAUCOMA, It can also help control and prevent EPILEPTIC SEIZURES, LAW DOSES of medicinal marijuana, Can improve mood and REDUCE ANXIETY, A compound in cannabis can slow the progression of ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, It can also reduce the painful symptoms of MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, and help treat diaphragm MUSCLE SPASMS, Which are often HARD TO TREAT by other medications, Medicinal Marijuana can also treat INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, Such as CROHN'S DISEASE and ulcerative colitis, It can also help shrink the area of the brain affected by STROKE, medical marijuana improves the symptoms of LUPUS, an autoimmune disorder, A 5 year old girl with DRAVET SYNDROME was treated with medicinal marijuana, Her seizures decreased from 300 a week to just ONE EVERY SEVEN DAYS, Smoking RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA has health risks, Which include TROUBLE THINKING, remembering and prolem solving, Sustained marijuana use can also SLOW REACTION TIMES in some individuals, Use of Marijuana among teenagers SHRINKS memory related brain areas, Marijuana raises HEART RATE by 20% to 100% for up to 3 hours, This increases the risk of getting a HEART ATTACK during that period, It can trigger SUICIDAL THOUGHTS in teens, Recreational marijuana contains chemicals that can DAMAGE LUNGS, No amount of marijuana has been proven safe to use DURING PREGNANCY, The psychoactive ingredient in marijuana can cause DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS, For babies whose mothers smoked marijuana WHILE PREGNANT, This includes premature birth, stillbirth and problems with BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, marijuana can also lead to VIOLENT BEHAVIOR in patients with PTSD, And reduce SPERM PRODUCTION in men, And DISRUPTS a woman's menstrual cycle, If consumed in HIGH DOSES, it can cause temporary hallucinations, Marijuana can cause impaired BODY COORDINATION, prolonged marijuana use can lead to CANNABINOID HYPEREMESIS SYNDROME, which results in severe NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND DEHYDRATION 25%-50% of users who consume marijuana daily become ADDICTED at some point.