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arthritic pain and marijuana

05/02/2016 / By Claire Rankin

Facts about cannabis and inflammation

We have all, at one time or another, experienced the discomfort of inflammation. Inflammation is a protective mechanism triggered in our body to alert us to the fact that we have some kind of physical problem. When we injure ourselves, even a small cut or scrape will cause our body to set up a process […]

02/16/2016 / By Claire Rankin

Marijuana helps rheumatoid arthritis sufferers

Millions of people in America alone suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Cannabis has been shown to ease the pain of these painful conditions and has, in fact, been used for thousands of years by Chinese and Indian folk to treat rheumatism and for pain-relief. Common symptoms for arthritis are joint and musculoskeletal pain. The […]

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