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Every day, we’re learning more about the therapeutic and healing abilities of cannabis. The powerful compounds in this plant can be immensely helpful in the form of an infused topical—a lotion, balm or oil applied directly to the skin. So, two questions: How are cannabis topicals made? And why are some better than others? Research…

More than 30 million people in the United States suffer from eczema, a dermal condition characterized by an array of uncomfortable symptoms: dry, scaly skin; itching; inflammation; redness; and sometimes blisters. There are more than a half-dozen types of eczema, including atopic dermatitis and contact dermatitis; the common thread is the body’s immune system going…

When I first started making small batches of cannabis-infused massage oil in my home kitchen back in 2009, my main goal was helping the people who trusted me as their massage therapist and giving them a new level of relief. Now that I’m CEO of a bustling company that makes a full line of infused…

The health space is buzzing about the pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory benefits of cannabis-infused lotions, balms and oils, collectively known as topicals. But many people are understandably confused by that jar of salve or bottle of massage oil with the green leaf printed on the side. “How does putting marijuana on your epidermis actually work?” Science…

Ingesting cannabis is known to help relieve pain and induce relaxation, but you can also use cannabis-infused products on the outside of your body to tackle a number of skin conditions such as psoriasis. The symptoms of psoriasis appear on the body in a number of ways: as red lesions; inflamed, scaly patches; and dry,…

A note to our readers: At Mary Jane’s Medicinals, we regularly hear from customers who use our cannabis-infused topical products for a variety of ailments. Meagen Fraker was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 at the age of 28. Throughout her six rounds of aggressive chemotherapy treatment and following her double mastectomy, Ms. Fraker found…

The marijuana massage movement is gaining steam. In the world of massage therapy, cannabis topicals can be life-changing. While my background as a massage therapist in Colorado helped inform my creation of a line of cannabis-infused topicals, I’m definitely not the only massage therapist whose career got a boost from legal cannabis. Adult-use legalization has…

Sungrown cannabis is happy cannabis. “Know your farmer, know your food.” That popular adage is equally relevant and important with cannabis—meaning, the source of your cannabis matters. At Mary Jane’s Medicinals, the unparalleled quality of our topical products begins with the caliber of the plants we use and the skill of the farmers who grow them, which…

In the era before widespread legalization, most of the people running legal cannabis businesses were male. Most dispensary owners I encountered in the early years were men, and over 90 percent of the clientele that shopped at dispensaries were male. A lot has changed over the years, and I attribute that to a few different…

At Mary Jane’s Medicinals, we use only the highest-quality whole-plant cannabis to infuse our products with all the beneficial compounds this plant has to offer. We source sun-grown cannabis that is cultivated using all organic methods. We carefully select our strains with cannabinoid profiles in mind so our products have the ratios of these chemicals…