medical marijuana

noun

variants or less commonly medical cannabis

: 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

Examples of medical marijuana in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last month, the big guy stopped by the MUV medical marijuana dispensary in North Miami to launch a few products there. —Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025

Past attempts by citizens to bring forward a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana have failed. —Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 16 Jan. 2025

Judge says Florida regulators were OK nipping plan in the bud Medical marijuana operators ready to light up Florida voters in 2016 approved a constitutional amendment that broadly allowed medical marijuana. —Dara Kam, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025

Hawaii Hawaii was the first state to legalize medical marijuana through the state legislature in 2000 but has not been able to legalize a recreational market. —Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

medical marijuana

noun

variants also medical cannabis

: marijuana that is available only by prescription and is used to treat a variety of medical conditions (as pain, anxiety, nausea, and glaucoma)

also : any of various substances (as cannabidiol) extracted from marijuana and used similarly