cannabis is effective against drug-resistant infections


	cannabis is effective against drug-resistant infections

Lexica

8-28-2008 5:49 PM

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cannabis, medicine, research

Lexica says:

Yet more evidence that cannabis is effective against a multitude of conditions. It's also safe and, if decriminalized, is easy and fairly inexpensive to grow.

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