What do you know about cannabis? Could you spot it if it were growing in the wild? Have you smelled the fresh flowers? Do you know which parts of the plant are used to make which industrial and consumable products? Cannabis is a fascinating plant because of just how many uses it has in our everyday life, from medicine, to recreation, to clothing, housing, food, and fuel. There is little in our lives that couldn't be replaced by a cannabis product. It's a classic, "anything 'X

Twenty-five years ago Dennis Peron, Dr. Donald Abrams, and other pioneers of compassionate care were in the early days of championing the use of medical marijuana as a palliative for people suffering from HIV/AIDS. At that time the concept of cannabis being used "medicinally" was far away from public awareness, but in the following decades not only did it prove to be helpful for those suffering from AIDS, but it turned out that marijuana could ease the side-effects of chemoth