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Bookmark or Share- Medical Marijuana: Benefits and Side Effects - WebMDStates where medical marijuana is legal have approved it for a varying list of conditions. Depending on where you live, these might include: Severe and chronic pain. Multiple sclerosis and muscle ...
- Cannabis (Marijuana) DrugFacts | National Institute on Drug AbuseMarijuana refers to the dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plant. The plant contains the mind-altering chemical THC and other related compounds. People use marijuana by smoking, eating, drinking, or inhaling it. Smoking and vaping THC-rich extracts from the marijuana plant (a practice called ...
- What is marijuana? | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)Marijuana—also called weed, herb, pot, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, and a vast number of other slang terms—is a greenish-gray mixture of the dried flowers of Cannabis sativa.Some people smoke marijuana in hand-rolled cigarettes called joints; in pipes, water pipes (sometimes called bongs), or in blunts (marijuana rolled in cigar wraps). 1 Marijuana can also be used to brew tea and ...
- Cannabis (Marijuana) | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)Marijuana refers to the dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. The plant contains the mind-altering chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other related compounds. Extracts can also be made from the cannabis plant. Read the DrugFacts. 30.7% of high school seniors used cannabis (marijuana) in the ...
- Risks and Benefits of Legalized Cannabis - Johns HopkinsCannabis legalization has benefits, such as removing the product from the illegal market so it can be taxed and regulated, but science is still trying to catch up as social norms evolve and different products become available. In this Q&A, adapted from the August 25 episode of Public Health On Call, Lindsay Smith Rogers talks with Johannes ...
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