Maybe not alternative, the medical industry are in the process of converting the weed into several brands of pharmaceuticals based on extracts from the plants.

Maybe not alternative, the medical industry are in the process of converting the weed into several brands of pharmaceuticals based on extracts from the plants. I was kind of surprised by that when i heard it but apparently the process of productification of is far enough in places like Denmark that medical marijuana pretty much exclusively refers to extracts with limited psychoactive effects.