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Josh Bachynski, director of marketing and outreach at Harvest Medicine Cannabis Clinic gives a primer on marijuana, the difference between CBD and THC, the different strains, how it can be consumed, and how marijuana prescriptions can be used to treat the various conditions associated with prostate cancer. Questions follow, including answers to traveling with the drug, health care coverage and more.

For Texans with severe epilepsy, a new treatment recently became legal: medical cannabis oil. As the state’s first dispensaries open, we followed two families trying the medication to reduce seizures. Watch our video documentary, “Out of Options.”

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Risk factors in the use of medical marijuana for rheumatic diseases include impact on cognition, and possible increases in depression and lung cancer, according to a presentation at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting. There has been limited evidence to date on the efficacy or risks for using medical marijuana for treating patients with rheumatic conditions, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, MB, ChB, MD, clinical rheumatologist, McGill University, Montreal, said. See more Rheumatology videos at http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/video

Medical marijuana is legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia, but there are still use cases that are very controversial, like medical marijuana for children. Some claim it’s a wonder drug for epilepsy, severe autism, and even to quell the harsh side effects of chemotherapy, while others decry pumping marijuana into still-growing bodies. We went to the small town of Pendleton, Oregon, where medical marijuana is legal, to visit Mykayla Comstock, an eight-year-old leukemia patient who takes massive amounts of weed to treat her illness. Her family, and many people we met along the way, believe not only in the palliative aspects of the drug, but also in marijuana’s curative effect—that pot can literally shrink tumors.

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NBC 6 digital reporter Brandon Lopez sat down with Dr. Mehmet Oz to talk about health and wellness in the New Year, covering everything from sleep to medical marijuana.

Medical Marijuana has been legalized in 33 states since 1996, but do you know what to tell your patients who use it? Don’t get burned! Attend this webinar for updates on the pharmacology, clinical applications, and regulatory status of medical marijuana and CBD. We will provide a review of CBD receptors and their physiologic effects; highlight the various FDA-approved CBD and THC based medications; summarize clinical literature regarding therapeutic applications of medical marijuana; and review previous, existing and future legislation that affect the federal legal status of CBD and medical marijuana in the United States.

A kidney patient in Maine has been taken off a transplant wait list for using medical marijuana.

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Doctors are allowed to prescribe pot in 23 states and Washington, D.C., but a groundbreaking new study challenges many of the health promises that came with legalization. Dr. Tara Narula joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the true healing power of medical marijuana.

To call what the Hyde family has been through a “parent’s worst nightmare” sounds like a horrible cliche. But, it’s hard to imagine what else you could call it. Their two-year old son Cash was diagnosed last year with a stage 4 brain tumor; he nearly died more times than they can count. He was miserable from the chemotherapy coursing through his body. Until his dad made a controversial decision to give cannabis to his young son. KXLY 4’s Melissa Luck reports.