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Medical cannabis (or medical marijuana) refers to the use of cannabis and its constituent cannabinoids, to treat disease or improve symptoms. Cannabis is used to reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, to improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS, and to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms.
Cannabis has been used for hundreds of years by humans, for fiber (hemp), seed oils, seed, medical treatment and recreationally. Marijuana is derived from the Cannabis sativa plant and is sometimes used to treat chronic pain. The hemp plant contains the psychoactive chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). THC acts on specific brain cell receptors called cannabinoids. Immediately after smoking marijuana, THC can be detected in the blood.