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).—
Eve Conant
Eve Conant
also
: any of various substances (such as cannabidiol) extracted from marijuana and used similarly
Examples of medical marijuana in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Nationwide, 23 states, two territories and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana for recreational use, while 37 states and two more territories allow medical marijuana.
—Daniella Silva, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
While many people and their doctors have embraced medical marijuana, treating pets and zoo animals with CBD and THC is just beginning.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The 2018 medical marijuana law requires marijuana farms to be 75% owned by residents who have lived in the state at least two years.
—Kirsten Berg, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
Are those under 18 eligible for medical marijuana in Kentucky?
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2024
Soon after taking office, Gaetz helped draft legislation that legalized medical marijuana; his father, then the Senate president, supported the bill.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
In 2021, a federal judge barred Missouri from requiring that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents of the state.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
The agents recruited an undercover informant — a local resident whom Chen paid $2,500 and a pound of dope a month to appear on registration documents and medical marijuana licenses as majority owner of his farms, court records say.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
Who qualifies in Kentucky for a medical marijuana license?
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2024
Daniella Silva, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
While many people and their doctors have embraced medical marijuana, treating pets and zoo animals with CBD and THC is just beginning.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The 2018 medical marijuana law requires marijuana farms to be 75% owned by residents who have lived in the state at least two years.
—Kirsten Berg, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
Are those under 18 eligible for medical marijuana in Kentucky?
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2024
Soon after taking office, Gaetz helped draft legislation that legalized medical marijuana; his father, then the Senate president, supported the bill.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
In 2021, a federal judge barred Missouri from requiring that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents of the state.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
The agents recruited an undercover informant — a local resident whom Chen paid $2,500 and a pound of dope a month to appear on registration documents and medical marijuana licenses as majority owner of his farms, court records say.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
Who qualifies in Kentucky for a medical marijuana license?
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2024
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