Sentences with phrase «medical cannabis use»

This comprehensive review of research on medical cannabis use and mental health also found some evidence that cannabis may help with symptoms of depression, PTSD and social anxiety.

A Canadian research team led by Dr. Mark Ware from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI - MUHC) in Montréal has completed a national multicentre study looking at the safety of medical cannabis use among patients suffering from chronic pain.

Croatia legalized medical cannabis use in 2015.

In 2014, Congress forbade the U.S. Department of Justice from using federal funds to prevent states that have legalized medical cannabis use from implementing their laws.

«Given that people who take medical cannabis and those who do not are likely to have different underlying medical conditions, it is possible that medical cannabis use reduces prescription drug use yet prescription drug use remains relatively high in that group,» Dr. Bachhuber comments, He notes that chronic pain is the most common reason for medical marijuana use.

The researchers followed established procedures in searching for studies of medical cannabis use listed in major research indexes and selected out those that primarily enrolled participants aged 18 and under and included original data about a clinical use.

He and Wilens also note that decisions regarding medical cannabis use need to weigh the likely benefits against the known risks, which — based on the results of studies in recreational cannabis users — are probably even greater for children and adolescents.

«This is the first and largest study of the long term safety of medical cannabis use by patients suffering from chronic pain ever conducted,» says lead author, Dr. Ware, pain specialist at the Montreal General Hospital of the MUHC and associate professor in Family Medicine and Anesthesia at McGill University.

The research is among several recent observational studies showing an association between medical cannabis use and decreased dependence on opioids.

Bachhuber's research could not prove that medical cannabis use directly led to fewer opioid overdoses.

This punishment for medical cannabis use includes the following penalties, even for a first offense:

«Limited data on medical cannabis use in children: Strongest evidence supports use to reduce seizures, side effects of chemotherapy.»

Claims that medical cannabis use has reduced opioid overdose deaths in the United States have been challenged by a University -LSB-...]