HEALTH
The Health benefits includes:
Increase lungs capacity, Regulate and prevent diabetes, Helps treat depression, Relief of chronic pain; pain management, Alleviate Anxiety, Weight loss, Regulates seizures, Improves brain functionality, Helps in the treatment of glaucoma, Soothe tremors for people with Parkinson disease and Treats inflammatory bowel disease.
ECONOMY
The Economic importance of Cannabis includes:
Making price cheaper for medical users in the long term, Boosts Agricultural sector, Creates investment opportunities for both local and international investors, Generates revenue for the Government without tax increase, Saves cost in enforcement of arrest, prosecution and prisons, Weakens criminal organization, Serves as tourist attractions, Job growth/ Employment, Provides surplus funds to be re-invested in various other sectors like education, health care amongst others, Decongestion of prisons and Serves as source of income to investors.
COSMETICS
The Effect of Cannabis in Cosmetics includes:
Boosts hair growth and nourishes the scalp, Fights bacteria skin infections like boil, cellulitis, impetigo, Boosts the protective shield by protecting the skin against damage from sun, smoke, and other environmental pollution, Neutralize free radicals and keep them from damaging the collagen and elastin in the skin, Helps in the treatment of psoriasis skin disease, Helps with skin irritations, The natural fatty acid and antioxidants in the cannabis seed oil makes it a good choice for people with dry skin and eczema, Help with anti-aging, Helps fight against acne and The anti-inflammatory and antioxidants properties in cannabis reduces puffiness, swelling and soreness on the body.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Amongst the Environmental benefits of Cannabis, we have:
Helps to decontaminate soul and water after industrial pollution or accidents I.e bioremediation, Reduces salinity of the ground water, Minimizes top soil erosion to its nearest minimum, It pulls huge quantities of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, Detoxifies the soil, It can be processed to produce fuel for bio-diesel vehicles and concrete for construction, The seeds can be used as a base for paints, varnishes and other finishes instead of petrochemical and synthetic, Hardy plants and uses far less water than other industrial crops, The seed is the second richest plant source of protein and it is much cheaper to cultivate than soy beans, the richest source and Cannabis can be used to replace trees as raw material for press board or particle board construction materials.
AGRICULTURE
The Agricultural Benefits of Cannabis includes:
Independence of farmers; farmers will no longer depend on government for subsidies, Profitable rotation crop, Requires minimal maintenance from farmers, Less reliance on pesticides and herbicides, Creates multiple streams of income for farmers who can also be industrialist as cannabis is used in production of paper, wood, ropes amongst others, Cannabis plantations are havens for pollinators such as bees, small birds and animals, Excellent ground cover crop because they are plants that are grown in between other crops to cover the ground rapidly leaving no room for weed, Every part of the plant is used I.e roots, stem, oil, leaves, seed, Produces high Quantities of biomass (feeds nutrients back into the soil) and It grows faster than the trees which are used to make paper
