Medical Marijuana/Cannabis – The Taboo

Everyone has heard the claims of medical marijuana (cannabis) helping their pain or the various symptomsassociated with the disease they have. Many people with Multiple Sclerosis make the same claims. But if it helps people so much why then is it still such a taboo?

In the late 1930’s a film (Reefer Madness) was released to sway people away from this drug by depicting the many supposed horrors associated with this “deadly menace” “with it’s roots in hell”. The trailer is hilariouseven if you have never tried marijuana, just search for it on Google! I have never seen the full film but the trailer seems to illustrate responsible alcohol users at the worst and not people using the “vicious weed” covered in deadly adjectives called marijuana. I think that this is where a lot of the taboo stemmed (pun intended) from. People believe what they see and don’t investigate various claims, especially...

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