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06/13/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Despite public education campaigns, people in Illinois are still using synthetic weed, then getting hospitalized with bleeding eyes and ears

Marijuana, in its natural form, is known to provide a ton of medical and health-promoting properties. It’s also pretty cheap and can be grown in your backyard – which, of course, isn’t fun for Big Pharma, makers of synthetic cannabinoids that parade as safer alternatives. There’s just one problem – they’re not, as evidenced by the […]

10/14/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Could medical marijuana be a solution to the opioid epidemic?

Medical marijuana users in Illinois report that their use of the substance to relieve pain has lessened or stopped their use of other prescription medications such as opioids, as reported by The Daily Mail. The small-scale study from DePaul University and Rush University suggests it could be a solution to the opioid crisis. The researchers […]

11/15/2016 / By medicalmarijuanaupdate

Medical marijuana use grows slow, steady in Illinois

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is marking its first year of medical marijuana sales as more states voted on Election Day to allow legal use of the drug. Article by The Associated Press Despite anecdotes of medical marijuana’s positive influence on patients, broader data and randomized clinical trials of its use remain very limited, the Chicago […]

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