Medikal ve Endüstriyel Açıdan Kannabinoidlerin Önemi ve Türkiye Ekonomisine Katkı Potansiyeli

Cannabis is a plant that offers easy, economical and healthy solutions in basic areas such as industry and medicine. It contains a large number of chemicals, mainly cannabinoids, and has a rich product range. Industrial hemp is used in the production of all kinds of biodegradable plastic materials, in the production of paper-cardboard, in the production of thermal insulation and construction materials, in the textile industry, in the automotive industry, in the manufacture of food and cosmetic products, in the production of biodiesel. Medical cannabis is used for nausea-vomiting due to chemotherapy, neuropathic pain associated with cancer, spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis, weight gain in patients with HIV and in the treatment of some diseases such as epilepsy. In this article, it is aimed to give information about the usage and cultivation of the medical and industrial cannabis plant, which has an important place in our culture, which has been used even by ancient civilizations that have gained popularity in recent years, and also to reveal the potential of cannabis.