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Medical marijuana is not a one-size-fits-all treatment. If you’ve experimented with cannabis in your youth, you either know someone who gets extremely paranoid with even the lowest dose, or you are that someone. Some become talkative in social situations, while others go quiet. Most of us get “the munchies”. Some people fall asleep. This article marvellously explains the “why” behind cannabis’s ability to affect us all differently.

From “All disease begins in the gut” 2500 years ago, through the misguided antibiotic era, and on to the discovery of the gut microbiome in the 1990s – Medical Cannabis Dispensary South Africa takes a deep dive into one of the most fundamental and overlooked components essential to human health and tells you what you need to do (and not do) in order to protect your wellbeing. We also touch on the effects of medical marijuana on the microbiome, GI tract, and beyond.

Cannabis oil works for your pet in the same way it works for you, by interacting with the receptors of the largest regulatory system in the body: The Endocannabinoid System (ECS). This essential communication system is a complex network of messengers and receptors responsible for helping to regulate nearly every crucial function, including the processes responsible for pain perception, immune system function, inflammation, emotional responses, digestion, and more.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus highlighted a huge collective mental health burden in society. The physical disease caused by the virus is well understood and COVID-19 is now a part of everyday language. Psychologically, polls showed increased incidences of anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts during the pandemic. However, it doesn’t take a scientific study or governmental poll to understand the mental toll on each one of us. The big question is: how can medical cannabis help?

While the world continues to search for an elusive COVID-19 cure, medical marijuana has received its share of the spotlight. In early studies, compounds like CBD, THC and terpenes have shown remarkable potential, especially combined as whole-plant extracts. In fact, Cannabis sativa could potentially stifle every effort of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to cause disease. But beware – timing, strain and method are crucial.

While COVID-19 bares the label "19", 2020 is the year that every conscious person will never forget – the year the world changed, the year of the pandemic, the "new normal". Wearing facemasks, constant sanitizing, social distancing, and self-isolation became common household practices. Lockdown and quarantine went from science fiction to common reality and the modern world grew acquainted to death by infectious disease on an unprecedented global scale.

This article aims to extinguish false claims surrounding medical cannabis in South Africa. We walk you through the history of "dagga" laws in SA, current legislation, the availability of marijuana medicines and more. Brace yourself for some fascinating information that will lead you to look at the cannabis plant in a different light.

The socioeconomic effect of legalising marijuana in SA would lead to lower government expenditure on law enforcement coupled with increased tax revenue.

There is a growing health awareness within South Africa, awakening to changing to healthier and more holistic lifestyles. More and more South Africans are looking for healthier more natural, medicinal alternatives to pharmaceutical drugs that have let them down. Cannabis oil is recommended as a potent complimentary medicine by doctors, oncologists, neurologists and other specialists.