Marijuana may help with chronic pain. So may being in Minnesota’s medical pot program.

 Marijuana may help with chronic pain. So may being in Minnesota’s medical pot program.

While its effectiveness varies from person to person, using pot may lower long-term pain and curb opioid use.

The idea of using cannabis as medicine is becoming ever more popular. And as states like Minnesota widen access by legalizing recreational not just medicinal use of the drug, many people are wonderin…