8 emerging uses for medical cannabis

Hope is on the horizon for people who want to use marijuana to treat medical conditions.

Cannabis is currently illegal under federal law as a Schedule I drug. But in April 2024, the Drug Enforcement Agency took preliminary steps to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, which includes drugs like ketamine and testosterone that are available by prescription.

Though the reclassification process has stalled during the first months of President Donald Trump’s second term, cannabis still presents numerous possibilities as a medicinal treatment. For example, a meta-analysis published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology in April 2025 found significant evidence that marijuana can effectively treat cancer symptoms and the disease itself. However, people

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