An open debate and a thought-provoking documentary.
Pili Rico is a 10-year-old girl who suffers from severe epilepsy. She takes part in a pioneer study focused on treating the disease with cannabis-derivative drugs.Cristina La Frossia was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and grows cannabis at home for her personal use, following her doctor's recommendation that it could help to ease the pain.Andrea Rossi has multiple sclerosis and is slowing its development with a homemade marijuana-based treatment.
Other voices, however, address the negative effects resulting from excessive use of this same plant.
Is cannabis a dangerous drug or an effective treatment?
"Marijuana: Treatment or Poison?" looks at different aspects of the cannabis plant and its derivatives, such as marijuana.
Those who defend the use of medical marijuana point to the health benefits it can offer, while those against that position present the negative effects of abusive use of this particular drug treatment.
