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Medicinal
So what is medical weed and how is it
different from the cannabis that we One day we all hope to get our “medical
perhaps grow? cannabis” from our local DR’s and maybe like
Well, we learned the hard way that yes in the USA pay less for it when we need it, or
there is a slight difference, maybe not in even have it covered by medical aid
the plants itself, depending on what we
need out of them. If we take two of the Also, with “medical weed” the strains are
exactly same plants and just grow them more CBD oriented. This can be because
differently, the one will be safe to give to CBD is legal to sell and we receive most
someone that is sick and the other may marketing towards CBD only? Or because
not be as safe, not because the plant is CBD is not psychoactive and for non
different, but of what goes inside it. recreational users, it might be better because
The health department in South Africa they don't know what to expect from the high,
gave out 38 Page guidelines to how to or maybe they get a little paranoid if they use
set up a medical cannabis grow operation THC?
for those who are really interested but for Depending on what the medical user wants
the rest of us? Can we use our home out of the cannabis is depending on what
grown weed for medical conditions? strain they would select to grow, and then to
For example, a person who has cancer grow it as organically as possible. It's only
already has a compromised immune when we come to compromised immune
system; their system would be a lot more systems that we really have to go the extra
vulnerable to pesticides and heavy metals mile and get the heavy metals tested.
that the plant might contain. So you might
say yes, but my cannabis is organic and So yes please grow your medical weed, if you
pesticide free. Does this count as medical ask me, all cannabis use in some form or
weed? Yes and no, until we get the another is medical, even if we use it
cannabis tested for especially stuff like the recreationally it boosts our system with
heavy metals we would not know. mother nature’s cannabinoids
That’s right, it's about what goes in the
plant, what type of medium was used to
grow the plant, and what went from this
medium into the plant that can affect the
user.
It is for this reason the health departments
have such strict guidelines on growing
