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“It’s just a different marijuana than what was easily available ten years ago. And when you have a stronger drug, you have stronger drug effects.”

Tears streamed down Jana Adams’ face Friday when her attorney delivered the news by phone that her 5-year-old daughter, Brooke, can continue attending public elementary school — and bring with her the cannabis-based medication she needs.

Merry Jane spoke with doctors, people living with endometriosis, and creators of cannabis wellness products to learn how the plant can provide real relief for the complex ailment.

A majority of physicians are in favor of legalizing marijuana nationwide, according to a newly published survey, and an even bigger supermajority back allowing medical cannabis.

Cannabidiol reduces the brain activity linked to hallucinations, delusions and other forms of psychosis, research has found.

Scientists are also looking for way to suppress or modulate inappropriate brain signals, spurring development of new drugs with novel brain targets, such as cannabinoid receptors.

This mechanism has potential to be therapeutically exploited."

In a release issued Thursday by Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s office, La Fortaleza, it was announced that an online platform “that seeks to significantly streamline the licensing processes and the registration of patients who benefit from the Medicinal Cannabis Program” will be fully operational next week.

A new clinical trial involving medical marijuana is seeing one patient with multiple sclerosis walking with strength she hasn't had in years.

About 30,000 people in Illinois are approved for medical marijuana, but not everyone wants to smoke it. A cooking class in the northern suburbs is teaching patients how to cook with cannabis.

The latest in a string of studies to demonstrate a link between medical marijuana legalization and lower opioid use rates has just been released.

In America, more people are diagnosed with Lyme disease annually than HIV and breast cancer combined.

Eleven more medical conditions now qualify for medical marijuana prescriptions, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced.

CBD has anti-inflammatory properties and works well with zinc oxide.

Like many conditions treated with medical marijuana, the personal experience and anecdotal evidence currently runs far ahead of the peer-reviewed scientific research.

The NY state Assembly voted "yes" to a bill that would allow people who have been diagnosed with opioid addiction to use medical marijuana. Supporters say medical marijuana can help with withdrawal and make it easier for people to stop using opioids.

People who have post-traumatic stress disorder but do not medicate with cannabis are far more likely to suffer from severe depression and have suicidal thoughts than those who use marijuana, new national research says.

'Allow scientists to study more thoroughly the safety and clinical efficacy of medical cannabis,' group says.

A growing body of research over the last couple decades suggests that there’s another potential strategy to making the brain more resilient to the damaging effects of injury, the changes associated with stress, and the effects of age. It involves cannabis.

With the launch of mmj.org this summer, medical cannabis researchers, patients, and caregivers will have unprecedented access to evidence-based sources and best practices.