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Medical cannabis (or medical marijuana) refers to the use of cannabis and its constituent cannabinoids, to treat disease or improve symptoms. Cannabis is used to reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, to improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS, and to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms.
Experts say drugs and drug products made for people using marijuana legally are increasingly finding their way to those who are using them illegally. That includes marijuana in the liquid and wax forms most commonly used in e-cigarettes and vapor pens, they said. Marijuana is still widely smoked in its flower form, but this is a new way, said Bobby Black, senior editor of the New York-based marijuana lifestyle magazine High Times.