Regarding the benefits, a friend is being monitored by his doctor for hypertension and was asked to keep a record of his blood pressure regularly for awhile. When the doc reviewed his readings after a few weeks, he noted some periods when my friend's high blood pressure dropped dramatically to a healthy level.

When given the explanation for what he was doing during the time frame, when his BP was good, this being Canada, his physician, who was impressed with the results, which were working better than his brisk walks, suggested he keep on toking and asked him if he wanted a prescription for it.

This being BC, my friend declined, stating that he had access to much better stuff than what was being supplied medically by the government.

Word of warning though, regarding BC bud, a lot of the stuff on the street has been known to have been cut with crystal meth by the the bad guys involved with grow-ops here. Not something you would ever dream of fooling around with, without implicitly knowing your sources.