“Using a large dataset of medical cannabis users self-medicating for symptoms of OCD, we found that for the vast majority of cannabis use sessions individuals reported reductions in intrusions, compulsions, and anxiety.”
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Study: Nearly Thirty Percent of Women Report Having Used Cannabis for Menopause Symptoms
“Current or ever use of cannabis for menopause symptom management was reported by 27 percent of all participants, while an additional 10 percent expressed interest in future use.”
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Study: Use of Cannabis Long-Term Not Associated with Cognitive Differences in Older Adults
“In this sample of individuals with neuropathic pain, no significant differences were found in cognitive performance between non-MC [medical cannabis] licensed and licensed patients.”
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Survey: Nearly One in Three Migraine Sufferers Have Used Cannabis for Symptom Management, Most Report It to Be Effective
Some 30 percent of migraine patients have used cannabis to mitigate migraine pain. Among these users, 82 percent reported it to be effective at providing migraine relief.
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Key Congressional Committee Advances Legislation to Facilitate Clinical Research Studies Using State-Authorized Marijuana Products
“The reality that most high-schoolers have easier access to cannabis than do our nation’s top scientists is the height of absurdity and an indictment of the current system.”
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Study: Cannabis Associated with Increased Cessation of IV Opioid Use
“In the adjusted analysis, at-least-daily cannabis use was significantly associated with increased rates of injection cessation.”
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Study: After-Hours Marijuana Use Doesn’t Negatively Impact Job Performance
“[A]fter-work cannabis use did not relate to any of the workplace performance dimensions. This finding casts doubt on some stereotypes of cannabis users.”
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Cannabis Use Rising Among Chronic Pain Patients
“Over the course of our study, … we identified a significant and progressive increase in the number of patients using cannabis. In patients with chronic pain, cannabis use more than doubled during this period.”
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Study: Cumulative Use of Cannabis Not Associate with Heart Abnormalities at Middle Age
“Our finding that occasional marijuana was not associated with ECG abnormalities adds to the growing body of evidence that this level of marijuana use and CVD events and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis are not associated.”
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Study: Cannabis Associated with Reduced Opioid Use, Prolonged Benefits in Pain Patients
“Taken together, the results of this study add to the cumulative evidence in support of plant-based MC (medical cannabis) as a safe and effective treatment option and potential opioid substitute or augmentation therapy for the management of chronic pai…