The International world is again getting shocking news in the medical field, because the cannabis plant that one of the most commonly abused drugs is crowned one of the best drugs for cancer in 2018. The substance contained by cannabis has benefits for medical or health.
The news about marijuana as a medical ingredient comes from the state of Autria crowns marijuana as a medicinal plant in 2018. info quoted by the media Detik.com ,on Tuesday 20 February 2018, Cannabis in the medical field, can be used for the treatment of cancer, pain reliever and relaxation.
It became one of the advances in contemporary times about the development of medicines in the field of medicine derived from plants or natural ingredients used as a reference for medicine to treat some diseases.
Cannabis or marijuana, it's medical findings for medicine ini modern Times to treat cancer.
As for an institution called Austrian Medicinal Platform Herbal Products (HMPPA), is a scientific network engaged in the field of herbal medicines, choosing cannabis as a medicinal plant in 2018. Selection of cannabis plants based on various criteria, in the results of recent studies, and with Austria .
As for the treatment, the substances contained in marijuana are then extracted into a medicinal product.
Plant called latin Cannabis sativa, extract from this plant can be legal in Austria. Similarly in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Finland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Israel, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and 20 US states, hemp or active substances may be used medically.
Cannabis is known as an intoxicant plant and also has medical benefits. Cannabis contains more than 400 elements currently under study. The study focused on two active substances, namely THC and CBD.
THC psychoactive drug compound (tetrahydrocannabinol) is used in the treatment of cancer. THC is shown to help fight nausea and increase appetite (eg for anorexia).
In addition, THC can relieve pain and relax muscles. Cannabis has been used in the United States since the 1990s against spasticity and multiple sclerosis. Another almost psychoactive ingredient, cannabidiol (CBD), helps epilepsy and schizophrenia of early childhood. In addition, CBD is also used in bone marrow transplantation, in case of a donor-to-receiver reaction. In 2019, the first drug with active ingredient CBD will be launched in the Austrian market.
More recently, a study by the University of Bonn and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem has proven that small amounts of THC can slow down the process of brain aging.
According to the World Drug Report 2017, approximately 183 million people worldwide use marijuana. And in Germany, marijuana is the most commonly used drug. The main exporting countries of marijuana medicine are Morocco and Afghanistan.