medical marijuana
noun
variants
or less commonly medical cannabis
: marijuana that is available only by prescription and is used to treat a variety of medical conditions (such as pain, anxiety, nausea, and glaucoma)
In the 14 states that allow medical marijuana, middle-aged baby boomers talk quite freely about filling their prescriptions at the local dispensary (of which there are nearly 1,400 in California alone).—
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Eve Conant
also
: any of various substances (such as cannabidiol) extracted from marijuana and used similarly
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The Cherokee tribal council on Thursday voted to expand sales at the tribe’s new medical marijuana dispensary in the North Carolina mountains to any adult in the state.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
Laguna Woods was the first city to pass an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in 2008, but with pushback and few commercial storefronts even available or landlords interested in renting it would be years before serious conversation happened about a store opening.
—Anita Gosch, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
Most recently, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and other Assembly Republicans put forward a medical marijuana bill that would have created state-run dispensaries and would not allow users to smoke cannabis.
—Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
The county zoning code contains regulations that govern the growing, processing or dispensing of medical marijuana, but current county codes do nothing to regulate where recreational dispensaries can be placed.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2024
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
Laguna Woods was the first city to pass an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in 2008, but with pushback and few commercial storefronts even available or landlords interested in renting it would be years before serious conversation happened about a store opening.
—Anita Gosch, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
Most recently, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and other Assembly Republicans put forward a medical marijuana bill that would have created state-run dispensaries and would not allow users to smoke cannabis.
—Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
The county zoning code contains regulations that govern the growing, processing or dispensing of medical marijuana, but current county codes do nothing to regulate where recreational dispensaries can be placed.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Medical marijuana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20marijuana. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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