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Marijuana Plant Benefited Bowel Issues

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) include chronic diseases such as Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis, and are known to respond to cannabis (marijuana) preparations but there are hundreds of compounds in the plant. This study was designed to determine which component was most likely to represent the beneficial anti-inflammatory effect seen on bowel conditions. The authors determined […]

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Marijuana Helps Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) sufferers must deal with significant disease activity symptoms and therefore suffer a diminished quality of life. In this study, patients with long term IBD were prescribed inhaled cannabis (marijuana) to determine the effects it would have on their disease symptoms. Two quality of life questionnaires and disease activity indexes were performed, […]