Others titles
- Marijuana and Pain Management
- Medical Marijuana Statistics in the State of Colorado
Keywords
- Medical Marijuana
- Disease Registry
- Public Health
- Marijuana Statistics
- Marijuana Use
- Prescription Marijuana
Medical Marijuana Statistics by County

This dataset contains the Medical Marijuana Registry Program Update by County as of January 31, 2014.
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Description
Pain is the main reason people ask for a prescription. It could be from headaches, a disease like cancer, or a long-term condition, like glaucoma or nerve pain. If they live in a state where medical marijuana is legal and the doctor thinks it would help, they will get a “marijuana card.”
Doctors also may prescribe medical marijuana to treat:
– Muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis
– Nausea from cancer chemotherapy
– Poor appetite and weight loss caused by chronic illness, such as HIV, or nerve pain
– Seizure disorders
– Crohn’s disease
The FDA has also approved THC, a key ingredient in marijuana, to treat nausea and improve appetite. It’s available by prescription Marinol (dronabinol) and Cesamet (nabilone).
Medical marijuana is not monitored like FDA-approved medicines. When using it, they don’t know its potential to cause cancer, its purity, potency, or side effects.
Only people who have a card from a doctor should use medical marijuana. Doctors will not prescribe medical marijuana to anyone under 18. Others who should not use it:
– People with heart disease
– Pregnant women
– People with a history of psychosis
About this Dataset
Data Info
Date Created | 2015-08-28 |
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Last Modified | 2016-04-05 |
Version | 2016-04-05 |
Update Frequency |
Annual |
Temporal Coverage |
N/A |
Spatial Coverage |
N/A |
Source | John Snow Labs; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; |
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Keywords | Medical Marijuana, Disease Registry, Public Health, Marijuana Statistics, Marijuana Use, Prescription Marijuana |
Other Titles | Marijuana and Pain Management, Medical Marijuana Statistics in the State of Colorado |
Data Fields
Name | Description | Type | Constraints |
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County | County in which the data is collected | string | - |
Number_of_Patients_Using_Marijuana | Number of patients using Medical Marijuana | integer | level : Ratiorequired : 1 |
Percent_of_Patients_Using_Marijuana | Percentage of Patients using medical marijuana | string | - |
Data Preview
County | Number of Patients Using Marijuana | Percent of Patients Using Marijuana |
Adams | 8772 | 8.0 |
Alamosa | 204 | |
Arapahoe | 11985 | 11.0 |
Archuleta | 378 | |
Baca | 35 | |
Bent | 73 | |
Boulder | 8939 | 8.0 |
Broomfield | 1127 | 1.0 |
Chaffee | 511 | |
Cheyenne | 28 |