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As legalization sweeps the country, the cannabis plant has come under serious scientific scrutiny at last. And, seemingly with every passing week, it continues to yield one game-changing revelation after another to the world of medicine. The plant contains over 80 known cannabinoid molecules...

Hello to all! Just want to introduce myself. I am a returning smoker after a 20 year hiatus. Have severe arthritic pain, I'm sure in part caused by certain heart meds I'm on after my heart attack in 2009. Figured now that kids have grown and moved away, I should be able to be pain free without...

I have Kaiser coverage. I was smoking weed for pain (I have my card) and was given a drug test and failed. Due to this they took away my Norcos which I was only taking when the pain was so bad I could not deal with it. My Dr. made an off the wall comment to me the other day, stating if I have...

We have a problem in Pennsylvania. Most of us are personally aware of the devastating impact this epidemic has had on our state. If you don't have someone who has suffered within your own family, you likely know someone from your high school class or community who is fighting an uphill...

The Iowa Legislature finally took action on medical cannabis last Wednesday, an issue which has had mothers literally crying down at the Capitol for years. But instead of granting relief to desperate patients of chronic illnesses, our leaders are demonstrating once again they're quite capable of...

Sometimes, the pain is unbearable. Often it's tormenting, but managed by concentrating on something pleasant as a distraction. Mostly it's debilitating, constant, and difficult to endure. It will never go away; it is incurable. This pain is mine. I refuse prescription drugs because they are...

Hi to everyone out there that takes a look here. This is my first time on 420 and would like to say thank you and I hope to learn more here than just reading other websights. I suffer from a couple different symptoms that causea lot of pain, also anxiety. These are just a few reasons I like the...

Chronic pain is a fact of life for millions of Americans. Though a host of pharmaceutical options exist for treating pain, there is a population whose near-constant suffering cannot be eased by readily available methods. This malady is common enough that it has even been given its own medical...

A campaign to legalise the medical use of cannabis is being launched amid warnings that up to 1.1 million people across Britain are currently breaking the law by taking the drug to combat the pain of chronic conditions. The drive, which coincides with a Coronation Street storyline focusing on...

Jim McMahon, 56, and one of the NFL's great quarterbacks, has something in common with my wife, who is 57. They both suffer from chronic, debilitating, unrelenting head pain due to concussions and other illnesses. And they both get maximum relief from using marijuana to control the pain. My...

By now, it's no secret that Ricky Williams is a cannabis supporter. It's why the former NFL running back took part in a panel of former players over the weekend at the 2016 SoCal Medical Cannabis Cup, where he explained how his use of the drug helped him deal with the pain associated with...

Bears legend Jim McMahon says medical marijuana got him off a heavy prescription pill habit. "I'm old-fashioned. I like to put it in my pipe and smoke it," McMahon said. McMahon was in town this week for the 30th anniversary of the 1985 Super Bowl win. In an exclusive television interview...

The first medical marijuana dispensaries opened in Illinois in November. What do we know so far about this alternative treatment of illness? We hear many patients are grateful and that there's a strain called Pre-98 Bubba Kush that is one fast ticket to euphoria. On the business side, though...

Medicinal cannabis users are looking for rides to a protest site on the New South Wales north coast, claiming they are too fearful to drive themselves. Supporters of the medical use of the drug believe they are vulnerable now police are doing frequent road-side saliva tests. Lismore...

Brian Gorham lifted a piece of steel the wrong way one day at his job at a steel mill in Nevada. He said it changed the course of his life for the next 12 years. In overwhelming pain, he sought out medical treatment and was initially diagnosed with having the lowest discs in his back bulging...

Imagine being in constant pain, so much so that you can't work, you can't walk around town, you can't lift things, you can't even find a restful position to sleep in. Imagine that every medicine your doctor prescribes to you is either too weak to make a difference or comes with crippling side...

Tweaking Minnesota's relatively new medical marijuana law isn't in the cards this year. That was the word from the 2014 law's Senate sponsor, Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, after Tuesday's meeting of the Task Force on Medical Cannabis Therapeutic Research, which Dibble co-chairs. The...

Hey everyone! I'm Smokie, and I am currently a medical mystery. I am seeing 3 specialists at the moment, all who have no idea what is wrong with me. I am in constant pain, food doesn't always stay down, I toss and turn all night, my hair is falling out, and I've lost 39% of my body weight in the...

Hi everyone, My name is Barbara, and I'm 58 years old. I live in British Columbia, Canada, so I'm hoping that our new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, will soon be fully legalizing marijuana. I found this site while I was looking for information on medical marijuana to help my mom. She is...

One word carries a lot of weight in Minnesota health officials' decision to expand its medical marijuana to pain patients: intractable. The state's definition of what qualifies as "intractable pain" has big implications starting in August for how many new people will begin buying via the...