Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka taea e te tarukino te whakamate i ngā pūtau mate pukupuku, ā, ka āwhina ki te whakaiti i tētahi o ngā momo pukupuku roro tino kino rawa, e whakaatu ana ngā tohutohu hou. Ka taea e te tarukino te whakamate i ngā pūtau mate pukupuku, me te whakaiti i tētahi o ngā momo pukupuku roro tino nui, e whakaatu ana ngā tohutohu hou. Kua whakaae te National Institute on Drug Abuse i te US, i roto i tana whakaputanga kua whakahoutia mo te tarukino, e whai hua ana te tarukino ki etahi turoro mate pukupuku. E ai ki te pūrongo: 'Kua whakaaturia e ngā rangahau kararehe o nā tata nei, ka mate pea ngā huānga tarukino i ētahi pūtau mate pukupuku, ā, ka whakaiti i te rahi o ētahi atu. 'Ko nga taunakitanga mai i tetahi rangahau kararehe e whakaatu ana ko nga tangohanga mai i te tipu mariuana katoa ka taea te whakaiti i te tipu o nga pūtau mate pukupuku mai i tetahi o nga momo pukupuku roro tino kino. 'I whakaaturia e te rangahau i runga i te kiore, ina whakamahia ēnei tangohanga ki te radiation, ka whakanui i ngā pānga mate pukupuku o te radiation.' Ko te kupu mariuana rongoa e pa ana ki te whakamahi i te tipu katoa kaore i tukatukahia, i ona waahanga taketake ranei hei whakaora i te mate, i te tohu ranei. I tenei wa kaore i te mohiotia te tarukino e te US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hei rongoa. Heoi anō, nā ngā rangahau o ngā matū i roto i te tarukino - he cannabinoids - kua whakaaetia e te FDA kia whakaaetia e rua ngā rongoā kei roto i ngā matū cannabinoid. I tēnei wā, e rua ngā cannabinoids, tata ki te 100, e whai pānga ana ki te rongoā - ko THC me CBD. Ka whakapiki te THC i te hiahia kai, ka whakaiti i te koretake. Ka taea hoki e ia te whakaiti i te mamae, te mumura me nga raruraru whakahaere uaua. Ko te CBD he cannabinoid e kore e pā ki te hinengaro, ki te whanonga rānei. E whakaarohia ana he whai hua ki te whakaiti i te mamae me te mumura, te whakahaere i nga whiu epileptic me te rongoa pea i te mate hinengaro me nga haurangi. I te UK, ko te THC te matū kaha i roto i te rongoā Sativex kua whakaritea. I tēnei wā ka whakaaetia anake hei whakaora me te whakaora i te mamae o nga uaua uaua i roto i nga turoro MS. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kua whakaaetia e te National Institute on Drug Abuse i te US, i roto i tana whakaputanga i whakahoutia mo te tarukino, ko te tarukino e whakarato ana i nga painga ki etahi mate pukupuku mate pukupuku, tae atu ki te hunga e mate ana i etahi pukupuku roro, i whakaahuatia. Kei te whakahaerehia hoki e ngā kaipūtaiao ngā whakamātautau...
E whakaae ana te National Institute on Drug Abuse he painga rongoā a te tarukino. E ai ki ngā aratohu a te US ka taea e te rongoā te whakamate i ētahi pūtau mate pukupuku me te whakaiti i ētahi atu. Ko ngā cannabinoids - he matū kei roto i te tarukino - e whakamahia ana i tēnei wā hei rongoā hei whakaora i ngā tūroro MS i te US me te UK. Ko ngā mate autoimmune, tae atu ki te HIV me te AIDS, te sclerosis maha me te mate Alzheimer. He pākia. He mamae. Ngā tūtukitanga. Te whakamahinga o ngā rauropi. He mate hinengaro.