I agree with you LORI726. It is nice to hear from someone that has experience with marijuana. It was legalized in MN and I think just started a month or so ago. I don't live in MN but my GI is there at the Mayo Clinic. It was approved for 8 or so medical conditions and one was crohns. I asked my GI about it 3 weeks ago. I specifically asked if it would help inflammation. He said it wouldn't help inflammation. I already knew that it helps pain - I'm in a closed group on FB about it. There's a lot of good feedback from California and other people with IBD there. He said that was an interesting question and that it was approved for crohns but not UC. He didn't understand why they didn't approve it for UC as well. I was ready to go to Colorado and buy some Charlotte's Web, low THC weed. But if it doesn't help with inflammation then I'd still have the same problem with chronic cuffitis, which is technically UC, and chronic pouchitis.
FYI - I have a friend residing another legal state that has a doctor's prescription. She has 6 overlapping autoimmune problems. She makes butter with it in her crock pot and uses the butter to make brownies. She freezes them and eats one nightly before bed. She has the dose figured out that way as she has asthma and can't smoke anything.
I'm sorry that you now have a crohns diagnosis now Lori. It can attack the entire GI system so you probably need to be on some medications. If it only affected your colon and rectum was it the kind that only attacks there? I see why you are questioning it.