2. Methodology
Literature search was comprehensively conducted in search engines such
as PubMed, Google scholar and online scientific electronic library from
March 2020 to May 2020 in accordance with procedures formerly described
by.10 The search was independent and solely done by
selecting databases that included original articles published in
peer-reviewed journals, books, thesis, dissertations, patents and other
reports that covered Cannabis sativa dated until May 2020.
Articles published between 2012 and May 2020 was considered if it had
information regarding marijuana toxicity and medicinal properties.
Further searches were conducted in google search engine by including
general terms such as; marijuana toxicity, cancer, carcinogenicity,
dangers, intake methods, throat cancer, smoking, cigarettes and
cessation. Where there was need, the search outputs were saved in
databases and the authors received notifications for searches that met
the search criteria from science direct, PubMed, crossref and google
scholar. The Marijuana plant - Cannabis sativa (Marijuana) is a
flowering plant belonging to the family Cannabaceae, although the number
of species within the genus is still debatable. Fig 2a presents
Marijuana leaves, whereas Fig 2b presents the plant Marijuana,
respectively.