High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cultivation, possession and transfer of the plant for recreational use is prohibited in most places. However it is the most widely cultivated, trafficked and used illicit drug. Arguments for illegal status: It has negative effects on the body, it can cause dependence, and people who take cannabis are more likely to take other ‘hard drugs’ such as opiates and hallucinogens. Counter arguments: There is no proven link between it and the intake of other ‘hard drugs’, cannabis is no more damaging than other legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco, if it becomes open to market there will be less gangs and dealing, and it has medical purposes such as therapeutic properties, like relief from nausea and vomiting in advanced stages of AIDS and cancer. It also has positive effects in the treatment of glaucoma, asthma and convulsive disorders. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и...