medical marijuana
noun
variants:
or less commonly medical cannabis
Definition of medical marijuana
: marijuana that is available only by prescription and is used to treat a variety of medical conditions (such as pain, anxiety, nausea, and glaucoma)
In the 14 states that allow medical marijuana, middle-aged baby boomers talk quite freely about filling their prescriptions at the local dispensary (of which there are nearly 1,400 in California alone).— Eve Conant
also
: any of various substances (such as cannabidiol) extracted from marijuana and used similarly
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