What is chemistry? Chemistry is the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the study of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine and change, and the use of these processes to form new substances. Chemistry crosses medicine in many different ways. Why is chemistry related to medicine? Chemistry is related to medicine because to understand medicine you need to understand how it works and how different chemicals react when combined. Composition, structure and properties of matter are all important factors in correctly creating medicine. Chemical composition concerns the individual chemicals that make up a substance. The theory of chemical structure states that chemical compounds are not a random cluster of atoms and functional groups but structures with a definite order formed. Chemical properties are properties used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity. “Medicinal chemistry is the application of chemical research techniques to the synthesis of pharmaceutical products. During the early stages of the development of medicinal chemistry, scientists were primarily concerned with the isolation of medical agents found in plants. Today, industry scientists are equally interested in creating new synthetic pharmaceutical compounds. Medicinal chemistry is almost always oriented towards drug discovery and development (acs.org). How does composition work? (Chemical composition of marijuana) In medical marijuana there are 400 natural compounds, only eighty come from the cannabis plant, they are known as cannabinoids. There are 5 main cannabinoids in medical marijuana. THC is one of the cannabinoids......middle of paper......and also of road safety. The effect it has on memory only occurs over a long period of time in heavy users/abuse of this drug. High school dropouts are usually heavy drug users, of which marijuana is the starting drug. Which leads to harder drugs like crack/ect. Lack of educational homework also occurs when using this drug, also more common among heavy/abusing users. Using marijuana while traveling is very dangerous and risky because it has some of the same effects (vision/awareness) as those who abuse alcohol, which is very illegal on the road. I think medical marijuana will have a major impact on life in the future, as well as a negative effect on life tomorrow. Because of all the cases of glaucoma and all the different traits and types of cancer. Medical marijuana mixed with other chemicals could one day cure cancer, for all we know.