Asking your friends and family about the real facts of Marijuana may prove to be a futile process due to a number of reasons. Regardless of any personal experience with the drug, they will have their own opinions and each of them will come up with an array of different answers. This lack of awareness often makes you more confused about the real characteristics of the drug. There are some who claim that marijuana usage can lead to insomnia and others will tell you that marijuana causes depression. It is often called a “gateway drug” that leads to future dangerous drug habits by people who  haven’t even used cannabis. So far Marijuana has been proven to be a non addictive substance.

Some believe that there is a connection between Marijuana usage and sex whereas others claim that the drug might make you impotent. How can you know who to believe when so many different views and wild claims come into play? Information about Marijuana and its benefits must always be gathered from those who are trained in this knowledge. Asking your crazy uncle Harry or your best friend won’t help you one bit. Marijuana has existed since ancient times and is the second most popular recreational substance behind alcohol but so far it hasn’t killed anyone from its use whereas alcohol kills over 125,000 people every year not counting the accidents caused under the influence of alcohol. This is but one of the many unpublicized Marijuana facts.

The effect of using Marijuana properly throughout your life is actually safer than the effect caused by the consumption of some of our everyday food items. As far as the medical aspects of marijuana are concerned, it was found out in a recent California survey that marijuana can successfully treat migraines. About one person in every six is likely to suffer migraine headaches. The medical marijuana supporters also believe that the drug can treat multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, glaucoma, cancer and epilepsy. These are not wild claims as they can be backed up by real research done in leading scientific and medical journals.

Even though it is legal for patients to be treated with marijuana for medicinal purposes in states like California, it is still considered to be a federal crime to use or buy it for personal usage. This is quite a paradox as you can legally use the drug in California if a specially licensed doctor prescribes it, but you end up in jail if you buy it legally. It is legal in the state but criminal at the federal level.

You may call it by any name you like: pot, weed, ganja or Mary Jane, but the real facts behind Marijuana and its benefits have been and still are documented properly. It induces peaceful and non violent behavior; it treats a wide variety of ailments and can be legally prescribed in 30 states. But any selling, usage or possession of the drug is a federal crime. Crazy world eh?