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Can marijuana boost learning and memory as we get older?

A compound found in marijuana halves the risk of certain seizures in people who have a severe form of epilepsy, a new study shows.

Oxford University will be at the forefront of a multimillion-pound research program, which hopes to help develop new therapies for acute and chronic conditions by examining the effects of medical cannabis.

RICHMOND – Virginia probably will ease up a bit in its laws against marijuana by making it easier for epilepsy patients to obtain cannabis extract oils and by relaxing the penalty for people caught with small amounts of marijuana.

RICHMOND – Virginia probably will ease up a bit in its laws against marijuana by making it easier for epilepsy patients to obtain cannabis extract oils and by relaxing the penalty for people caught with small amounts of marijuana.

The most common reason that people seek out medical marijuana is for chronic pain.

Questions about what cannabis can offer the sickest, most heavily medicated patients, those in hospice care. 

Physicians organize to seek marijuana regulation, not prohibition.

Much more research is needed to know whether medical cannabis oil may have a wound-healing effect.