Florida Medical Marijuana News
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Can Medical Marijuana Reduce Opiate Usage?
Dr. Ross Glider discusses how medical marijuana reduces opiate usage, and potential side effects that can occur with medical marijuana.
read moreWhat Conditions Qualify For Medical Marijuana?
Dr. Gregory Ward discusses which conditions can qualify you for medical marijuana in Florida. He also discusses how DocMJ respects your privacy and maintains HIPAA guidelines.
read moreWhy Medical Marijuana?
PA Jessica Burrows discusses her personal experience seeing opiate dependency in the emergency room, and how medical marijuana and DocMJ can help.
read moreMedical Cannabis and Pediatric Patients
Dr. Nicholas Bottaro discusses how medical cannabis can benefit pediatric patients.
read moreExpert discusses medical cannabis & schizophrenia
Dr. Jack Rothman discusses schizophrenia, and how medical cannabis might effectively treat patients with schizophrenia. He also answers a question about how he deals with patients without recent medical history.
read moreExpert discusses differences between Cannabis Sativa and Indica
Check out the the video above as Dr. Cheryl Fee from DocMJ discusses the differences between cannabis indica, and cannabis sativa.
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Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Medical Marijuana
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects individuals who have suffered through trauma, and afterward experience altered mental states when experiencing “triggers” that cause them to relive their experiences. This may result...
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Can My Regular Doctor Give Me Medical Marijuana?
You may be wondering whether or not your primary care or pain management physician can give you a recommendation for medical marijuana. The answer to that question is, it depends! In the state of Florida, there are specific requirements a physician must meet before he...
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What does Medical Marijuana cost in Florida?
What does Medical Cannabis cost in Florida? There are several options for purchasing Medical Cannabis for patients in Florida. The table below covers basic information such as product types, deals, and delivery options. The following table contains individual price...
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Is Medical Marijuana Legal in Florida?
Yes! Medical Marijuana has been available in Florida since November 2016. In the beginning, the Sunshine State limited those who qualified to only a few conditions, though over the last year the list of conditions have been broadened tremendously. The list of...
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Why choose DocMJ as your Florida Medical Marijuana Doctor?
DocMJ is the oldest and largest group of Florida physicians providing medical marijuana recommendations for qualified patients. DocMJ was formed by a small group of caring and concerned physicians in August of 2016, in anticipation of the Constitutional amendment on...
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What is the Difference Between Medical and Recreational Marijuana?
Recreational marijuana users may recognize some of the benefits of medical marijuana that are promoted as medicinal now. Cannabis has been around for centuries and has a long history of medical use outside of modern American society. The legalization of medical...
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Are Medical Marijuana Recommendations Confidential?
Are Medical Cannabis Recommendations Confidential? The privacy of a patient’s medical information is a paramount topic at healthcare facilities. Every visit you make to any doctor is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA),...
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Under What Conditions Is Medical Marijuana Recommended?
The first medical use of marijuana was to relieve the pain and nausea of chemotherapy patients. The extreme nausea induced by strong courses of chemotherapy made it difficult or impossible for patients to get the treatment they needed. Marijuana relieved the nausea...
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For What is Medical Marijuana Recommended?
Recommended Uses of Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana use is essential for people with certain conditions. Despite all the other drugs on the market, marijuana is the only substance that brings relief. If you suffer from a medical condition that results in any of...
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The cannabis plant contains a number of different elements that have proven health benefits. Scientists have only mapped a fraction of these ingredients and their effects on the body. Medical marijuana plants are bred to emphasis different balances of the active...
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Is Medical Marijuana Harmful?
Despite its widespread recreational use, there is a negative stigma attached to marijuana that originated decades ago. Marijuana gained popular attention when thousands of soldiers returned from Vietnam with a cannabis habit. Drafted to fight an unpopular war, many...
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Can You Use Insurance to Purchase Medical Marijuana?
Marijuana is still banned by the FDA as a Schedule I drug like heroin, but many states are legalizing its use for specific medical purposes. The healing benefits of cannabis are documented and continue to be expanded with new research. In the meantime, some people...
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