Thanks to public pressure the government stance on THC in medical use is beginning to change. It was believed for a long time that if we could administer THC in another way (other than smoking) that it would raise the bans and make it easier to research the drug. But most studies seem to support the fact that THC is best administered through smoking it as it raises the THC concentration in a person’s blood stream far quicker than any other means. Aside from that – it’s easier for patients using Cannabis as a treatment for nausea to smoke the Marijuana instead as their throats are generally inflamed from vomiting, and pill forms are less likely to stay down and be ingested. While this may not be preferable to many patients, currently it is the most effective way to medicate using THC.

The main drawback to using Marijuana medically is that the amount of Cannabis necessary to create the desired medical effect in the patient (the decrease of unwanted symptoms for example) – is high enough that it almost produces quite a few undesirable effects that can be considered toxic to the patient, thus the large trepidation to prescribe it in certain delicate situations. Though, through research and development we may be able to synthesize a form of THC that combines the Cannabinoids that produce the desired effects, and without the Cannabinoids that cause the undesired ones. But currently research and development are heavily stunted by the governments’ outdated view of THC.