Traumatic brain injury (TBI) events leads to significant numbers of death and disease conditions. It is well documented that marijuana (cannabis) offers neuroprotective benefits to the brain. This study was performed to determine the association of death following traumatic brain injury in relation to testing positive for THC, a major marijuana component. There were 446 […]
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Marijuana Use Did Not Impair Healing From Trauma Injury
It has been questioned if cannabis (marijuana) users have any impairment in healing following traumatic injury. This study used a retrospective chart review over a 2 year period from a Level I trauma center on patients having a toxicology report and a Injury Severity Score of more than 16. Differences in presenting characteristics, hospital length […]
Marijuana Component Good For Bones After Spinal Injury
Patients with spinal cord injury experience severe bone loss below the level of spinal injury. The aim of this study was to determine if one of the non-psychoactive components (CBD) of marijuana would have a positive effect. Adult male rats with a surgical cutting of the spinal cord were treated for 14 consecutive days with […]
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 […]
Medical Marijuana Eases Spasticity Of Spinal Injuries
Many nations in the western world have recently been revising their laws on the medical use of cannabis (marijuana). In Switzerland the Department of Health has been granting special permission for marijuana and cannabinoids. In this Swiss analysis, the authors acknowledge that some randomized controlled trials have shown a good efficacy for spasticity associated with […]