article_snippet.sent: The medicinal marijuana broken down into the oil used by chronic pain sufferers and terminally ill.
article_snippet.sent: So when traditional approaches did nothing to relieve birth suffering, birth parents, turned to less conventional methods, having heard the benefits others had had from a dose of liquid cannabis.
article_snippet.sent: Now we are regaining what should have never been lost in the first place, for some the cannabis is the last option other than death. '
article_snippet.sent: A police spokesperson said, despite instances where people are let off with a caution: 'It is still considered an illicit drug and if you manufacture, possess or use you manufacture, then you manufacture is against the law and you face prosecution.'
article_snippet.sent: He said the liquid is made by soaking the cannabis flowers, leaves, or stems in ethyl alcohol to create a medicine. '
article_snippet.sent: He admits, however, that striking the right balance of the active ingredients in marijuana is still a significant challenge, between the psycho-active chemical and cannabidiol - which is believed to provide much of the medicinal benefits. '
article_snippet.sent: A lot of it (marijuana) is now coming from South Australia, all that crap they make, it is a drug they are getting off the street, they are trying to go with a quality approach, focusing on the plants which help and doing it on a smaller scale like a hobby. '
article_snippet.sent: In fact, marijuana is legal in more than 20 states in the US, if users can provide proof users are using it as treatment for serious illnesses, like Larisa's acute epilepsy.