Mike Tyson's Marijuana Business for Medical Purpose

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It is reported that former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson is now developing a new business, namely marijuana cultivation. What exactly was Tyson's motivation for running this still-controversial company?

The cause of Mike Tyson opening a marijuana business

Tyson Ranch is Tyson's business that produces marijuana, or cannabis. This company makes marijuana that is used for medical and recreational purposes. These handles are made both indoors and outdoors. Places of its cultivation are spread in various places in the United States, including in the states of California and West Virginia.

Tyson said he had plans to open the business a long time ago, even though the company had only been in operation for a few months. Tyson has also long used marijuana for medical purposes, especially to deal with pain caused by head and body knocks that he often experienced during his boxing career. Marijuana is even used as a medicine to overcome emotional control problems.

Tyson's cannabis products are also quite diverse. Some consist of ordinary cannabis flowers or liquid or dried cannabis extraction. There are even certain liquids that can relieve muscle pain.

Tyson says he's undergone a major change since he used marijuana as therapy to address his emotional control issues. He was notorious for being irritable and often rude, but now he is better known as a friendly, inspiring businessman who is closer to family.

Is marijuana possibly beneficial to health?

Most people in Indonesia consider marijuana to be something that is often smoked and has a calming effect similar to that of banned drugs. However, marijuana can also be used to make a wide variety of products, such as a mixture of foodstuffs such as cakes or tea.

Marijuana can indeed be beneficial to your health if processed properly. For example, marijuana use can overcome several health problems, such as muscle spasms in people with multiple sclerosis. In fact, people suffering from severe colitis also experience improvement after using it.

However, because marijuana is still considered an illegal item in many places, the use of marijuana for medical purposes is still controversial.

Some types of marijuana are used for health purposes

Some types of marijuana have been used for medical purposes, doctors said. To achieve this goal, four types of marijuana have been given permission to be legally produced in the United States.

Here are the types of marijuana.

1. Marijuana types marinol and cesamet

Marijuana marinol and cesamet can help people with AIDS or cancer patients who get chemotherapy side effects overcome nausea or appetite disorders. It was authorized for use in the 1980s by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States.

However, this type of marijuana still has side effects, so it should not be eaten carelessly.

2. Epidiolex type marijuana

Epidiolex, a drug derived from marijuana, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to be given to children suffering from epilepsy. These medications must be authorized by a doctor and are very limited in their use.

3. Marijuana type sativex

Actually, the manufacture of drugs from marijuana known as sativex is still in the testing phase. Researchers are not sure if this drug can be used as one of the drugs to treat breast cancer.

Sativex can treat muscle spasms and pain due to cancer often experienced by multiple sclerosis patients, which makes it legal in twenty countries.