Medical Marijuana

Medical cannabis, or medical marijuana, is cannabis and cannabinoids that are prescribed by physicians for their patients. Preliminary evidence suggests that cannabis can reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS, reduces chronic pain and muscle spasms and treats severe forms of epilepsy.

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How Marijuana Helps with Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

 Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder. It’s the second most prevalent neurological illness in the U.S.Selective degeneration of specific cells—the nigrostriatal dopamine neurons mark the medical condition.…

Medical Marijuana’s Future in the United States!

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Did you know that Marijuana is the world’s most commonly used, trafficked, and cultivated illicit drug? Yes. And while the push for medical marijuana legalization continues to grow at home and abroad, marijuana has already gained significant…

Legalizing Marijuana Leads to Reduction of Opioid-Related Death

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  The CDC reports that more than 69,029 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in 2019. About 49000 deaths out of that were directly linked to opioids. That’s higher than the number of Americans killed in action in Afghanistan.…

5 WAYS TO FIND THE RIGHT CANNABIS DOCTOR

 The most challenging thing about being a medical cannabis patient is necessarily your first trip to the dispensary, or getting your first prescription, but is instead determining how to find the right cannabis doctor for you.Ideally,…

Edible Marijuana Items that are Safe for Human Consumption!

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 When you think of weed, a cigarette looking like a joint is what comes to mind. But did you know that there are lots of ways that you can take marijuana? Weed infused edibles are all the craze right now in the cannabis industry. From…

9 Amazing Benefits of Marijuana to Your Life

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Medical marijuana has been in use around the globe to treat various medical conditions for a while now. The drug is effective in the alleviation of pain in patients suffering from serious diseases such as cancer. However, you may not be familiar…

5 Game-Changing Effects of Quarantine on Cannabis Industry

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As many states continue to enforce social distancing plus ask people to stay indoors, the cannabis industry is undergoing unprecedented disruptions. Many states in the U.S have listed medicinal use of cannabis among the “essential services.”Yet,…

Medical Marijuana Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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 Over half of the states in America have legalized medical marijuana. The FDA has approved marijuana as useful in the treatment of various ailments. As more legal framework continues to be developed, medical marijuana is here to stay.…

Does Smokable Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?

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Marijuana is a product that has spent decades being stigmatized by many groups and governments. It was long seen as only being used by delinquents and exclusively designed to get you high. However, recent decades have proven marijuana to be…

5 Simple Steps To Get A Medical Marijuana Card Legally in New York!

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 From calming the mind and the body by inducing cerebral euphoria and physical relaxation to helping with weight loss, severe pain, and shrinking cancer cells, the health benefits of marijuana abound.And yet despite its medicinal…