Israeli Study Finds Patients with Chronic Disease Benefit from Marijuana
Ask any college student – or 7-Eleven cashier – about the effect of marijuana on the appetite and you’re bound to get a long answer…
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Marijuana’s Link to Schizophrenia Debated
With the growing use of medical marijuana to treat chronic pain and other health problems, the debate over the medical effects of the drug on…
How Medical Marijuana Eases Pain
Medical marijuana helps make pain more tolerable, but it does not reduce the intensity of pain, according to a small study at the University of…
Facts to Consider about Marijuana
Marijuana (cannabis) is the most commonly used illicit drug worldwide. Some believe it is harmless, while others think it is a dangerous drug. The truth…
Marijuana Use May Lead to Schizophrenia
Just as the legalization of marijuana -- for both medicinal and recreational use -- was making huge inroads as a result of this week’s elections,…
Marijuana Spray Eases Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
A mouth spray containing cannabinoids reduces chronic pain and symptoms of muscle spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study by…
Marijuana Use at Young Age Lowers IQ
Regular use of marijuana by adolescents causes lasting harm to a person’s intelligence, attention and memory, according to an international research team. In a long…
Living with Pain: The Fed Crackdown on Medical Marijuana
I have been smoking medical marijuana for the past four months. Like hundreds of thousands of others, I turned to medical marijuana for relief from…