Legalize medical cannabis, India activists say

Viki Vaurora, a passionate campaign er for medical marijuana, says it is time to bust the myths around the much maligned weed. He is hosting India's first ever Medical Cannabis Conference series that starts in Bengaluru on May 10, to spread awareness about its uses, especially in palliative cancer care. 

"The only way marijuana can kill you is if you smoke 1,500kg in 15 minutes," says Vaurora, a 23-year-old musician and recording engineer."It has no side effects and it cannot kill you. It has no control on your respiratory or cardiac faculties." 

The youngster has his parents' support for this cause. "My family helped me sift through 500 grams of marijuana, to filter out the seeds and leaves so that I could make cannabis oil to help a cancer patient," he says. 

In November 2014, Vaurora met Leela, who had stomach cancer."Due to the chemotherapy treatment she wasn't able to...

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