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Legalizing access to medical marijuana may lead to fewer workers’ compensation claims, a U.S. study suggests. In states with laws allowing medical marijuana, researchers tied the accessibility of cannabis to a nearly 7% decline in workers’ comp claims. When there were claims, they were for shorter periods of time, on average, after medical marijuana was legalized, according to the analysis in Health Economics. Access to medical marijuana tied to reduced workers' comp claims Back to video “We think there is a lot of overlap between conditions for which medical marijuana can be used in managing symptoms and the types of illnesses that lead people to file workers’ compensation claims,” said study coauthor, Catherine Maclean, an associate professor in the economics department at Temple University in Philadelphia. Article content For instance, medical marijuana can be used to reduce chronic pain symptoms. While cannabis use isn’t going to cure the condition causing the pain, it can allo...

Many people know that medical marijuana can be used in the treatment of Cancer, but not many know it is used to relieve symptoms from many different types of other conditions as well. People are using marijuana to help aid them with anything from arthritis to epilepsy to Tourette's syndrome. Not only can it be used as a eating and sleeping aid, but also reduces pain and inflammation as well. That's not even the half of it! Here's a list of 6 helpful things about marijuana, that you might not know! Reduce swelling. Inflammation. Swelling and inflammation can occur after an accident or can be a symptom of many ailments. Marijuana has been known to reduce swelling and inflammation in a series of illnesses and conditions. Anyone who has felt these symptoms, will agree that living a normal everyday life can be difficult with such a hindering problem, and most find that marijuana definitely helps relieve such symptoms and will improve the quality of life. Reduce seizures in epile...