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A mom says her 3-year-old son survived leukemia thanks to medical marijuana. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.

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CBDDiseaseEpilepsyLegalization

SAN ANTONIO – The issue to legalize medical marijuana has been front and center in the Texas Legislature. Nearly half a dozen bills have been introduced to help those living with seizures, severe pain and other medical conditions. Sherise Nipper, a San Antonio mother who lives with epilepsy, said she

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CBDDiseaseEpilepsyLegalizationTestimonies

The parents of a 16-year-old girl who was prescribed medical marijuana for her seizures has filed a lawsuit for her to allowed to take her medication in school.   Genny Barbour, 16, of Maple Shade N.J., needs to take medical marijuana at lunch in order to control her seizures, her

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DiseaseInterviewsTestimonies

In this video, Dr Uma Dhanabalan, MD speaks about cannabis therapeutics and the vast usefulness of medical marijuana in the treatment of various diseases. Dr. Dhanabalan speaks from her vast experience with using cannabis as a treatment for disease.  She explains the endocannabinoid system and why and how the chemical

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Chronic PainDisease

By John Lynch • February 4, 2013 Medical marijuana is mostly prescribed for pain in the 18 states and District of Columbia that allow it. Yet it continues to provoke adolescent snickers and inevitable bong jokes. And addiction to opioid painkillers is anchored in concern about its abuse leading to

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Chronic PainDisease

Cannabis can ease chronic pain more effectively than conventional medicines, according to a new study likely to flame the debate on the medical use of marijuana. Researchers from the Australian National Drug and Alcohol centre found that patients with chronic pain who used the drug said it eased their symptoms

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CirrhosisDiseaseTestimonies

Watch the testimony of Kathy Michaud, who claims she was healed of a serious liver disease by using cannabis. Her diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy is associated with a survival rate of less than 50% at 1 year and less than 25% at 3 years. Kathy and her husband Laughing Bear could not

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CBDDiseaseEpilepsyLegalizationProhibition

By BRIAN RESNICK for National Journal Hemp oil, used to treat neurological disorders, comes from the cannabis plant. But don’t call it medical marijuana. “People associate medical and recreational marijuana with THC, with a street drug, and with getting high,” Paige Figi says on a recent phone call. “This has

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DiabetesDisease

While medical cannabis is often used to ease pain or nausea, an Israeli-American biopharmaceutical company is developing medicines containing cannabinoids — chemical compounds from cannabis plants — to treat conditions including diabetes, inflammatory diseases (like arthritis, atherosclerosis and ulcerative colitis) and cardiovascular disorders. ISA Scientific plans a Phase 2 trial

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CancerCBDDisease

Atlanta, Ga. – In a surprising move, CNN is reporting that marijuana may be a potential cure for certain types of cancer after numerous studies have shown the viability of cannabis as a potential cancer treatment. The report of marijuana being a potential cure was less surprising than the fact

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