--- title: medical marijuana | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/medical-marijuana/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/medical-marijuana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # medical marijuana ## medical marijuana *  Dec 2, 2017 ## [Maryland Begins Sales of Medical Marijuana After Delays](https://time.com/5046358/medical-marijuna-maryland/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Lisa Marie Segarra *  Oct 25, 2017 ## [The Opioid Epidemic Presents a Moral Crisis For Doctors](https://time.com/4996701/the-opioid-epidemic-presents-a-moral-crisis-for-doctors/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Dec 12, 2016 ## [Pets Can Help People With Serious Mental Illness](https://time.com/4597754/pets-can-help-people-with-serious-mental-illness/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Nov 16, 2016 ## [Marijuana Appears to Benefit Mental Health: Study](https://time.com/4573129/marijuana-cannabis-mental-health/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Aug 11, 2016 ## [7 Scientific Effects of Marijuana That Experts Want to Study](https://time.com/4448757/7-scientific-effects-of-marijuana-that-experts-want-to-study/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Jul 28, 2016 ## [Can Medical Marijuana Help End the Opioid Epidemic?](https://time.com/4419003/can-medical-marijuana-help-end-the-opioid-epidemic/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Jul 13, 2016 ## [Legal Marijuana Linked to Fewer Opioid Prescriptions](https://time.com/4404697/marijuana-opioid-epidemic/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Feb 25, 2016 ## [Canadian Medical Marijuana Patients Could Soon Grow Their Own Pot](https://time.com/4236753/canada-ends-pot-growing-ban/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Daniel White *  Oct 20, 2015 ## [DEA Must Stop Interfering With Legal Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Federal Court Rules](https://time.com/4080110/dea-medical-marijuana-california-ruling/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Daniel White *  Oct 1, 2015 ## [You Can Legally Buy Recreational Pot In Oregon Starting Today](https://time.com/4057453/oregon-marijuana-sales/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune *  Aug 12, 2015 ## [Ohio to Vote On Marijuana Legalization](https://time.com/3995170/ohio-pot-legalization-november/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Tanya Basu *  Jul 21, 2015 ## [First-ever TV Pot Ad Yanked by Colorado Station](https://time.com/3966754/tv-pot-ad-colorado/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune *  Jun 29, 2015 ## [Minnesota Takes Half Step Toward Legalizing Marijuana](https://time.com/3940065/medical-marijuana-minnesota/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Jun 23, 2015 ## [Here's What Science Says About Medical Marijuana](https://time.com/3931863/medical-marijuana-benefits/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Jun 15, 2015 ## [Even in Colorado Medical Pot Can Get You Fired](https://time.com/3921738/coats-colorado-dish-medical-marijuana-work-law/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Bruce Barcott ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/medical-marijuana/","name":"medical marijuana"}}]}] ```