Abstract

COVARRUBIAS-TORRES, N. Medical use of marijuana. Anest. Méx. [online]. 2019, vol.31, n.2, pp.49-58. ISSN 2448-8771.

In Mexico, the Chamber of Deputies approved the medicinal use of marijuana on december 13th, 2016. The prohibition and criminalization of medicinal use was eliminated. Today the Ministry of health, is in charge of the cultivation and obtaining of the plant. From the perspective of the scientific society, changes to legislation are important, because they allow to explore the medical potential of cannabis molecules. The biggest fear is the permissiveness to boost consumption, which has increased in recent years. Today many diseases increase their control such as; glaucoma, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV, Alzheimer's, asthma, cancer, chronic pain of difficulty to control, Crohn's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, insomnia and Parkinson's disease.

Keywords : Medicinal marijuana.