One of the less intelligent private contractors running around the internet disparaging people is a few wires short of a lightbulb.
The fresh leaves are supposed to be ground up and put on bruises, and also can be fed to sick cattle.
Like any drug tobacco has positive medicinal abuses, yet others choose to use the substances is a manner other than its best use.
They may want to ask Desiree Kane about the medicinal uses of Tobacco. Desiree does a First Foods thing on Facebook & YouTube