This is a very controversial issue. Medicine, politics and religion are the fields of specialization whose specialists differ a great deal on the medical utility of cannabis sativa. Researchers have almost come to the conclusion that the herb can treat Alzheimer’s disease as well as diabetes mellitus among other many terminal conditions.

The drug is also said to be of preventive value when it comes to conditions such as blindness due to old age, migraines and severe depression. The list goes on since it is also claimed to prevent hardening of blood arteries and to stop brain tumors from growing in humans as well as in rats.