Sentences with phrase «medical cannabis use reduces»

«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.

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Researchers from Warwick Medical School found that adolescent cannabis use is an independent risk factor for future hypomania — periods of elated mood, over-active and excited behaviour, and reduced need for sleep that are often experienced as part of bipolar disorder, and have a significant impact on day - to - day life.

Unlike most forms of drug addiction, there are no medical treatments to help people reduce their cannabis use.

«People who use medical marijuana more likely to use and misuse other prescription drugs: New study raises questions about cannabis to reduce opioid use.»

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

In their paper published in the journal Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators Shane Shucheng Wong, MD, and Timothy Wilens, MD — both of the MGH Department of Psychiatry — report that their review suggests only two pediatric uses of medical cannabis — to relieve chemotherapy - induced nausea and vomiting and to reduce seizures — are supported by existing studies.

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