medical marijuana

American  

[med-i-kuhl mar-uh-wah-nuh] / ˈmɛd ɪ kəl ˌmær əˈwɑ nə /

Sometimes medical cannabis

noun

1. marijuana obtained with a doctor’s written recommendation and used as a medicine, as in the form of a pill, oil, vapor, or edible.

   patients who try medical marijuana to ease chronic pain.

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Etymology

Origin of medical marijuana

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

But in fact, Trulieve—which won Florida’s first medical marijuana license in 2015—had ties to Tallahassee Republicans when DeSantis was a congressional backbencher.

From Slate

Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, has been ambivalent about legalizing medical marijuana and opposes legal recreational pot.

From Seattle Times

In Oklahoma, investigators suspect that at least one-third of the 9,400 cultivation licenses issued in the state after it legalized medical marijuana in 2018 were obtained fraudulently by out-of-state growers, according to Mark Woodward, the spokesperson for the state’s Bureau of Narcotics.

From Seattle Times

Several smaller cannabis businesses, mostly run by people of color and women — many of whom were caregivers who saw the benefits of medical marijuana for those they cared for — have been pushed out of the space, Ms. James said.

From New York Times

After Mississippi legalized medical marijuana for people with debilitating conditions in 2022, Clarence Cocroft II opened Tru Source Medical Cannabis in Olive Branch, Mississippi.

From Seattle Times