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Closed petition Legalise holistic/complementary/alternative/therapeutic use of herbal cannabis.
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Complementary/Alternative medicine is any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine in a belief not confirmed using the scientific method, and used together with conventional medicine it "complements" (improves the efficacy of) the treatment.Its use is evidence based.
Herbal cannabis is used around the world as an alternative therapy and has been for millenia.In ancient times its versatility/low toxicity turned cannabis into the remedy of choice for common ailments of the masses.Its properties complement the efficacy of traditional Western Medicine.Intractable pain/MS/MND/insomnia/anti-cancer/anti-inflammatory/anti-nausea/anti-emetic/sedative/anti-anxiety/mood enhancer/antidepressant/appetite stimulant/dyspepsia/antispasmodic/anticonvulsant/bronchodilator.
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