Medical cannabis is a herbal drug derived from plants of the genus Cannabis that is used as part of the treatment for a specific symptom or disease. People don't use this to get high, but rather to ease their medical symptoms. It is also used interchangeably with medical marijuana , which describes the crude drug isolated from the plants’ leaves and flowers. Several pharmaceutical drugs used in Neuropathy developed from cannabis, during a purified and standardized process, are made available for medical use resulting in medical cannabis. Development of Medical Cannabis New strains of medical marijuana have been specially developed with fewer chemicals that cause euphoria and more chemicals thought to provide other health benefits. In the United States, for the cultivation, possession, and consumption of cannabis, some states have enacted laws that legalize the use of herbal medical cannabis specifically. By this law, it is allowed to possess cannabis in New York up to 3 ounces f