addictive. of our ether, thank you and imagine 200 years ago, an irish chemist and surgeon, william brooke o'shaughnessyduring his studies in india, discovered that extracts of cannabis helped cholera patients to relieve pain in stomach and stop vomiting when he returned home he began to actively promote this method of treatment and already at the end of the 19th century hemp extract could be purchased at any pharmacy in europe or north america medical cannabis is used in more than 50 countries of the world including the united states of america and canada these drugs have been officially prescribed by a doctor for more than 20 years , and the following is our expert dmytro samofalov , a military surgeon, candidate of medical sciences dmytro has a wide range of experience, he was a pediatric surgeon, he was involved in the organization of health care and was constantly faced with the problems of pain relief for patients, we asked his opinion about the effectiveness of medical cannabis for pain relief and whether he considers it necessary to legalize it in ukraine, so we look further, many countries now