Medical Use Marijuana

Medical marijuana - Mayo Clinic

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Medical marijuana is a term for derivatives of the Cannabis sativa plant that are used to ease symptoms caused by certain medical conditions. Medical marijuana is also known as medical cannabis. Cannabis sativa contains many active compounds. The …

How Medical Marijuana Works, and Which Conditions It …

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Medical marijuana uses the marijuana plant or chemicals in it to treat diseases or conditions. It's basically the same product as recreational marijuana, but it's taken for …

Medical Marijuana Treatment Uses and How It Works

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Medical marijuana is not monitored like FDA-approved medicines. When using it, you don’t know its potential to cause cancer, its purity, potency, or side effects.

Medical marijuana - Harvard Health

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Uses of medical marijuana. The most common use for medical marijuana in the United States is for pain control. While marijuana isn’t strong enough for severe …

What We Know about Marijuana

https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/featured-topics/what-we-know-about-marijuana.html

Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level; however, more than 50% of states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have legalized marijuana for medical …

Are There Benefits of Marijuana for Medical Use?

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Health Effects of Marijuana | Health Effects | Marijuana

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Marijuana is the most commonly used federally illegal drug in the United States, with an estimated 48.2 million people using it in 2019. 2 Marijuana use may have a wide range …

Is marijuana safe and effective as medicine? | National …

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Medical Marijuana Laws and Prescription Opioid Use Outcomes. A new study underscores the need for additional research on the effect of medical marijuana laws on opioid …

Pros and Cons of Medical Marijuana

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Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal for recreational or medical use. Badowski ME. A review of oral cannabinoids and medical marijuana for the treatment of …

Medical Reasons for Marijuana Use, Forms of Use, and …

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The most common medical reasons for marijuana use were anxiety (49%), insomnia (47%), chronic pain (42%), and depression (39%). The most common forms of use for all …