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Marijuana And Pain Reduction Male vs. Female

In the world of pain relief, men and women sometimes respond slightly differently to any given medicine or intervention. This analysis under double-blind, placebo controlled conditions, set out to determine what differences marijuana (cannabis) might have on men vs. women. Active cannabis (marijuana) with a THC level of 3.5-5.6% was compared with inactive cannabis with […]

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Medical Marijuana: Too Much Weight Gain?

It is well known that cannabis (marijuana) can stimulate appetite and promote weight gain in cancer patients. This study evaluates any relationship between adolescent marijuana use and weight change to midlife, while accounting for the use of other substances. This study applies 20-22 years of follow-up data to 712 Danish participants who were between the […]

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Marijuana Shows Big Success With Reducing Epilepsy

Epilepsy Action Australia conducted an Australian nationwide online survey seeking opinions on, and experiences with, the use of cannabis-based (marijuana) products for the treatment of epilepsy. The results of this study show that 15% of adults with epilepsy and 13% of parents/guardians of children with epilepsy were currently using, or had previously used, cannabis products […]

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Marijuana For Epilepsy, A Very Long History

A treatise written in the 15th century, preserved as a manuscript in Paris, tells of a poet who administered hashish to the epileptic son of the Chamberlain of the Caliphate Council in Baghdad. It is reported here that this epileptic individual had no more seizures but had to continue to use the preparation. Marijuana in […]

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Marijuana Preparations Usually Help Epilepsy

This study showed that 86% of 272 patients with refractory epilepsy experienced some benefit from the use of artisanal (non-standardized) cannabis preparations. This comes from retrospective data on patients with medically refractory epilepsy of mixed etiologies from Washington, California and Maine. Cannabis (marijuana) provided 100% reduction of seizures for 10% of the users, a 76-99% […]

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Medical Marijuana Use Patterns By Age Group

Data was collected from a San Francisco dispensary on 217 patients that were placed into three age groups: younger (18-30), middle (30-50) and older (51-72). The age groups were compared on several measures of cannabis (marijuana) use, motives and medical conditions. This study found that all 3 age groups had similar frequency of use in […]

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Marijuana Use Associated With Less Diabetes

Data from this study was gathered from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey from 1988-1994. The total sample was 10,896 adults. Marijuana (cannabis) use was based on self-reporting. There were 4 groups determined by marijuana use. 61% were non-users, 30% were past users, 5% were light users (1-4 times/month), and 3% were heavy users […]

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Medical Marijuana Can Improve Nerve Pain

In order to determine whether plant-derived cannabis medicinal extracts (CME) can alleviate nerve pain symptoms unresponsive to standard treatment, a consecutive series of double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled single-patient cross-over trials with two-week treatment periods was performed. 18 patients with multiple sclerosis, 4 with spinal cord injury, 1 with brachial plexus damage, and 1 with limb amputation […]

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Medical Marijuana: Will Crash Fatality Rates Rise?

As more states re-allow their inhabitants to use the natural plant marijuana (cannabis), some who grew up with the prohibition mentality are concerned that fatalities from automobile accidents will rise as a result. The authors of this study used the US Fatality Analysis Reporting System to determine the annual numbers of motor vehicle crash fatalities […]

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Marijuana And The Debate About Brain Volume

The hippocampus is a component of the brain associated with long term memory and spatial navigation. There has been ongoing debate regarding the effect of cannabis (marijuana) on hippocampal volume, and whether or not earlier age initiation of use, or higher doses of marijuana have any effect on its size. This study matched 20 heavy […]