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The Medical Benefits of Marijuana

The Herb Collective

Marijuana has long been demonized in the media and by law enforcement due to its psychoactive properties. However, there has been an increasing amount of research in recent years that suggests medical marijuana can have a number of positive benefits for patients suffering from various ailments.

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9 Marijuana Strains To Help Chronic Pain

MMJ Recs

Various state laws are gradually beginning to embrace the plant as a recreational pastime, too. Regardless of legality, however, MMJ cards still afford patients a wealth of benefits, from tax savings to greater freedom in the purchasing, possession, and growing of medical marijuana. Bubba Kush. Sounds dreamy, right?

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HIV/AIDS & Medical Marijuana in Florida

LifeCannMD

Thanks to Amendment 2, which came into effect in the state of Florida on January 3, 2017, patients diagnosed with HIV or AIDS were finally granted the ability to buy and use Medical Marijuana to treat their symptoms. Medical Marijuana laws in Florida are designed with the patient’s health in mind.

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Harvard Professor’s Thoughts on Marijuana and Pain

CannaMD

Grinspoon’s statements are in line with findings published by peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs , which found that approximately two-thirds of medical marijuana patients report that their main reason for treatment is chronic pain. The same study noted that of those patients surveyed, 85.5%

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The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Relationship With Cannabis

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Though currently the United States has reached its highest percentage of citizens ever in favor of cannabis legalization, it is still illegal under federal law. States began passing laws prohibiting cannabis use, and by 1937, President Franklin D. This was one of the first federal laws to ever restrict marijuana use. Nerve pain.

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Stop Hurting, Start Living: A Guide to Medical Marijuana for Back Pain

PrestoDoctor

However, federal law only allows the use of hemp-derived CBD with less than 0.3% Both CBD and THC, its primary compounds, may reduce pain and inflammation. As you would expect, some CBD strains are more effective than others to treat back pain. Sometimes, back pain is due to musculoskeletal issues, such as muscle contractures.

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‘Too costly, not enough evidence it works’, says UK in blow to cannabis campaigners

Cannabis Law Report

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. In November 2018, the legal status of cannabis was changed to allow specialist clinicians to legally prescribe cannabis-derived medicinal products to patients with an exceptional clinical need, following a high-profile media campaign. AUTHOR: Mark Taylor.