States With Legal Medical Marijuana See ‘Significant And Sizable’ Reductions In Health Insurance Premiums, Study Finds

Medical Marijuana Improves Military Veterans’ Quality Of Life And Reduces Prescription Drug Use, Study Finds

Study: Medical MJ Improves Quality of Life, Reduces Opioid Use in Chronic Pain Patients

Study: “No Evidence” That Medical Cannabis Access Laws Encourage Youth Marijuana Use

Study: Medical Marijuana Treatment Associated with Significant Declines in the Use of Opioids at Six Months

Study: Medical marijuana associated with fewer hospitalizations for individuals with SCD

Study: Medical marijuana associated with fewer hospitalizations for individuals with SCD

Study: Prolonged Cannabis Treatment Associated with Reduced Migraine Frequency

Study Finds Marijuana Consumption Can Minimize Risk of Stroke

Study Finds Cannabis is Effective for Treating Tourette’s Patients

In many states where medical marijuana is legal, one of the many listed qualifying conditions is Tourette Syndrome. The illness is a neurological disorder that causes tics, OCD, and ADD-like tendencies among other issues. While there is no cure for Tourette’s, there are some therapies that prove effective in minimizing symptoms – and one of the most effective treatments with the fewest side effects appears to be medical marijuana.

Cannabinoids Could Be Part Of The Cure For Alzheimer’s, Preliminary Study Finds

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In a preliminary study conducted by researchers from the Salk Institute it was found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other compounds found in marijuana could aid in the process of removing plaque-forming proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Cannabis Drug Could Extend Lives of Brain Cancer Patients, Study Finds

UK drugmaker GW Pharmaceuticals announced Tuesday it has achieved positive results in the second phase of a clinical study on Glioma, a cannabinoid-based therapy aimed at treating an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Does Marijuana Use Affect a Person's Vision?

Regular marijuana use may affect how well certain cells in the eye's retina function, a small new study finds.

Medical marijuana doesn’t make for more teenage stoners

Adults more likely to blaze it though

Legalizing medical marijuana doesn’t make more teens into stoners, researchers say. Though more people over 25 were likely to ingest marijuana if their home states approved it for medical purposes, there was no effect on anyone younger.

How Cannabis Could Turn the Opioid Epidemic Around

Those fortunate enough to only know the word “opioid” outside the context of personal tragedy may not realize what this addiction looks like up close. Opioid abuse is a scary-sounding statistic, with something to the tune of 19,000 Americans dying of overdose in 2014 alone, and a four-fold increase in opioid prescriptions written since 1999.

How medical marijuana could help boomers get the most out of retirement

States that passed medical marijuana laws saw a significant boost to older Americans' workforce participation, according to a new working paper from researchers at Johns Hopkins and Temple University. States with medical marijuana laws also saw improvements in overall health for older men, although the health effects for older women were more mixed.

COULD A CHEMICAL FOUND IN MARIJUANA BE A TREATMENT FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE?

RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THE BENEFITS OF THC IN THE BRAIN

Sometimes researchers come across a discovery purely by accident. They develop a hypothesis, perform a number of experiments and expect to see a series of results. However, at times, surprises happen within the petri plate or culture dish. This in turns opens up an entirely new avenue of curiosity and future experimental design.

Medical Marijuana Replaces More Dangerous Drugs

A new study adds to the evidence that letting patients use cannabis saves lives by reducing consumption of pharmaceuticals.

Insys Therapeutics, the Arizona-based pharmaceutical company that recently became the biggest financial supporter of the campaign against marijuana legalization in that state, makes an oral spray that delivers the opioid painkiller fentanyl and plans to market another one that contains dronabinol, a synthetic version of THC. Insys says it gave $500,000 to the main group opposing Arizona's legalization initiative because the measure "fails to protect the safety of Arizona's citizens, and particularly its children." But one needn't be terribly cynical to surmise that Insys also worries about the impact that legalization might have on its bottom line, since marijuana could compete with its products.

Medical Marijuana Could Save Medicare $470 Million Annually, Study Shows

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This could potentially be a groundbreaking year for the marijuana industry.

In November, residents in up to a dozen states could be voting on whether or not to legalize recreational or medical marijuana. This comes after Pennsylvania and Ohio passed laws legalizing medical marijuana in their legislatures this spring. As it stands now, half of the country has legalized the use of medical marijuana, and four states (plus Washington, D.C.) allow for the sale of recreational marijuana to adults ages 21 and up.

Study: Why pharma companies are fighting medical pot

High Level, a medical marijuana shop on Colfax Ave in Denver

There’s a body of research showing that painkiller abuse and overdose are lower in states with medical marijuana laws. But that’s always been just an assumption.

Study: Medical Marijuana Laws Cut Drug Spending: VIDEO

Co-owner Matt Lawson-Baker looks at a row of plants at Alternative Solutions, a DC area medical marijuana producer, April 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Proponents of legalizing medical marijuana can add another argument to their cause: The laws appear to save taxpayers millions of dollars.