Cannabis was used as a cure in China and India six thousand years ago. President George Washington grew marijuana for his own consumption, British Queen Victoria used marijuana to relieve menstrual pain and according to the latest hypotheses, Jesus healed his patients with marijuana (Chebský deník). As I already mentioned, marijuana has many negative effects on the human body. Some of these effects include memory and learning problems, distorted perception (sight, sound, time, touch), problems thinking and problem solving, loss of coordination, increased heart rate, anxiety, and panic attacks. Prolonged marijuana use impairs the intellect, causes loss of motivation for anything, including sex, and marijuana smokers have sluggish sperm (www.nida.nih.gov). However, there are several diseases for which marijuana can be used: disseminated sclerosis, cancer treatment, AIDS, glaucoma, depression, epilepsy, migraines, asthma, itching, sclerodoma and severe pain. One chemical, cannabinol, may be useful in helping people who cannot sleep. (www.marijuna.com) Marijuana can help calm pain, that's why it is very useful for people who have AIDS or some kind of cancer and are undergoing chemotherapy. These people live with the fact that sooner or later they will die. Their death comes slowly and painfully. Every day they take pills that provide temporary relief, but in the long term they do not