You got your indicas, and your sativas. Short and squat with chunky big buds, versus tall and lean with longer, fluffier spear shaped buds generally. Cannabis (marijuana is like calling the plant a Ni**er, it's a slanderous term used to criminalize it in the 30's and we need to get past that and back to its proper name, cannabis) definitely has advantages over pharmaceuticals for many medicinal applications. Nobody has ever had a fatal overdose on cannabis. It doesn't kill pain like opiates instead it kind of pushes the pain aside, taking your mind away from the pain but is as effective against pain as a moderate dose of opiate painkillers. . . And it does so without any addictive qualities. Stopping cannabis use is never going to lead to withdrawls like occurs with painkillers. Recent studies are proving that cannabis' component cannabinoids are powerful cancer-fighting compounds, actually stopping cancer in its tracks. It works wonderfully as an anti-anxiety and antidepressant medicine depending on the strain. A lot of people use sativas to treat ADHD instead of amphetamines or ritalin. It is a vasodilator that helps to treat asthma because it opens up the airways in the lungs. There is no better appetite stimulator in the world! That's just off the top of my head. There are thousands of medicinal benefits to cannabis, and it is completely natural with no harmful effects if it is eaten or vaporized. . . Only when burned and inhaled can it be said to have any possible negative effects because inhaling smoke is never "good" for your lungs. People who deny the benefits of cannabis are ignorant or prejudiced, and have never experienced it for themselves. They are denying the NUMBER ONE most beautiful and helpful plant in existence, the creator's special gift to mankind put here to make our lives pleasant and full of beauty. The aroma of cannabis should envelop the world, carried around the earth on the breeze. That would be a beautiful thing!
