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Medical marijuana, also known as cannabis, is an herbal medication made from the dried buds and leaves of a type of cannabis plant.

The active ingredients in marijuana are known as cannabinoids, which are naturally occurring compounds that many plants and animals make (your body also manufactures some cannabinoid compounds).

Cannabinoids play an important role in thinking, memory, and sensory perception, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Marijuana contains hundreds of cannabinoids, including delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, believed to be the most important and active cannabinoid in marijuana.

THC alters brain signals and affects mood, pain perception, appetite, and inflammation.

Marijuana also contains cannabidiol, or CBD.

In addition to treating pain and inflammation, some studies suggest CBD may be useful in treating seizures, epilepsy, mental illness, and addiction.

Other studies suggest that marijuana could be useful in managing health problems such as:

• Severe weight loss
• Nausea and vomiting (caused, for example, by chemotherapy)
• Chronic pain
• Spasticity from multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Anxiety disorders
• Insomnia and other sleep disorders
• Anorexia
• Arthritis
• Migraines
• HIV/AIDS
• Parkinson’s disease
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Glaucoma

Medical marijuana in herbal form differs from man-made forms of cannabis, such as Marinol (dronabinol), which also have medical uses.

Marijuana Benefits and Use

The use of marijuana for medical purposes dates back at least 3,000 years.

By the 1800s, doctors were routinely using marijuana to treat pain, inflammation, and convulsions.

But the use of medical marijuana to treat health problems is still the subject of ongoing debate.

In 1906, the U.S. Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act, which required that over-the-counter preparations containing cannabis be labeled as such.

The safety of marijuana was eventually called into question, and in the early 1930s the Uniform State Narcotic Act encouraged states to regulate it as a narcotic.

Under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, marijuana was classified as a Schedule I drug. That means it was considered to have no medical use and a high risk for abuse, which has stymied research into its potential benefits.

Even so, marijuana was given to certain patients on an individual basis between 1978 and 1992 under the Compassionate Use Investigational New Drug program.