Pain Relief

Intractable pain is often resistant to traditional forms of treatment, healthcare providers are investigating if medical marijuana can help.   Modern medicine divides pain into two primary categories: acute pain and chronic pain.

Why Older Ohioans Stand to Benefit from Medical Cannabis Medical cannabis can treat a number of disorders that disproportionately strike older Ohioans.

Medical Cannabis and Spinal Cord Injury Suffering an injury to the spinal cord can result in debilitating pain, muscle spasms, and paralysis. Practitioners are increasingly recommending medical cannabis to manage these devastating symptoms.

Medical Marijuana and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Ohio is currently the only state that has approved medical cannabis as a therapy for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head traumas.

AARP Sheds Light on the Benefits of Medical Marijuana A new feature on the benefits of medical cannabis from the AARP has the potential to bring the discussion around marijuana into the mainstream.