Vaporization technology as a safe method of medical cannabis delivery

Abstract

Nowadays medical cannabis is accepted and prescribed in many countries of the world, while other countries consider legalizing the use under doctors' surveillance. The conditions for which medical cannabis is indicated include multiple sclerosis, cancer, nausea, chronic pain, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Chron's disease, HIV-AIDS, and a number of neuropsychiatric conditions. Laboratory studies and the developed vaporizing devices indicate that it is possible and feaseble to extract medically active vapors and compounds from cannabis plant, like delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabinol (CBN), cannabidiol (CBD), cannabigerol (CBG) for patients' use.