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5 Rare Disorders That Can Be Treated With Marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 03/07/2016 - 08:56

When we talk about medical marijuana, we tend to think of the most common and well-researched examples of diseases and disorders cannabis has been shown to treat: Pain, anxiety, insomnia, and epilepsy, to name a few. But that's not the only pain marijuana can treat.

The list of health issues that the substance appears to treat is impressively long, and it includes several rare medical conditions that often fail to generate the type of excitement we see when studies show, for example, that cannabis treats certain forms of cancer.

Here are 5 rare diseases and disorders that can be treated with medical marijuana.

1. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

The degenerative neurological disorder, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, affects an estimated 300,000 people in the U.S....

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