This week, we explained everything you could possibly need to know about medical marijuana. When it can help and when it can’t, how to get access to it, and some of the ways it’s used to treat serious conditions, despite its current sadly under-researched state.


This post is the last one in Green Week , a series where we’re discussing medical marijuana, its benefits, drawbacks, and everything you need to know. Miss a post? Check back on the Green Week tag page to catch up.

Keep in mind, we’re not doctors, so you should check with yours before trying it, and similarly, obey the laws and regulations in your area regarding the procurement and use of medical marijuana.


Many or, perhaps, most people utilize the benefits of marijuana for recreational purposes perhaps because it can be fun and perhaps because many governments classified the drug as having no medical benefit. Today, we’re starting to learn that’s not true. If you’re not sure how or why medical marijuana offers serious benefits, let me share my story with you.


As medical marijuana becomes increasingly prevalent, it can be confusing for those of us with little more than a cursory familiarity with recreational use to understand how the drug can be utilized for medical purposes. Here today to offer some guidance is Dr. Rachna Patel, a medical marijuana doctor in the Bay Area.


More and more states are passing laws that allow some kind of use, sale, or growing of marijuana. Pennsylvania just passed a medical marijuana bill this weekend, for example. To keep up on the state-by-state status, Legal Templates has created a series of handy maps.




Marijuana offers some helpful medical benefits when used well, but thanks its current (and unusual) legal status it’s hard to obtain and use effectively. Once you learn the basics, however, you can overcome these hurdles. Let’s take a look at how medical marijuana works and the laws surrounding it.


Toss some marijuana in a brownie mix and everything will come out fine? Probably not. There’s a science to making edibles at home and using your weed more efficiently.


Using medical marijuana is most difficult when it comes to dosing properly. You have multiple ways to administer the drug and even then you have to figure out how to do it accurately. Let’s take a look at the different types you can purchase and what can help provide the most relief for you.


Medical marijuana is a safe alternative treatment option (by comparison), but it’s still a powerful drug that can cause problems for you if you don’t know what you’re doing. With a little knowledge and practice, however, you can use it to get relief from several conditions and manage the negative side effects.


Like wine, craft beer, and diamonds, medical marijuana comes in varying degrees of quality. The S.T.A.T.S. evaluation system is a free, easy-to-understand guide that anyone can use to make informed and satisfying cannabis purchases.


If there is one thing an immersion circulator is good for, it is infusions. The precise temperature of the water bath gives you greater control over your results, and allows you to basically “fix it and forget it.” This is good for extracting all kinds of things, but today we’re going to extract some THC.




Marijuana. Pot. Weed. Whatever you call it, it’s the most popular illegal drug in the world, gaining support for legalization for both medicinal and recreational purposes. But what does marijuana actually do to us? Let’s take a look at this fascinating drug, its health effects, and potential concerns about using it.

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