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Doctors Get New Clinical Guidelines for Managing Chronic Pain With Cannabis, Courtesy of Canadian Researchers

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Chronic pain —a condition that affects 50.2 annually — is one of the most common reasons why medical marijuana is sought out by patients in the United States, Canada, and beyond. Nonetheless, guidelines pertaining to the use of cannabis-based treatments for chronic pain relief have been somewhat hazy…up until now.

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9 Marijuana Strains To Help Chronic Pain

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Regardless of legality, however, MMJ cards still afford patients a wealth of benefits, from tax savings to greater freedom in the purchasing, possession, and growing of medical marijuana. Chronic pain marijuana strains span across sativa, indica, and hybrid breeds. Afghan Kush. Harlequin. Bubba Kush.

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Project CBD

Published in Nature , the study found that just under a third of patients report significant improvements and over half report moderate improvements while using CBD -rich oil derived from cannabis (30% CBD , 1-2% THC ). Previous research has found that THC may be effective for some cases that do not respond well to Ritalin. .

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Researchers at the University of Sydney Explore CBD Treatment for Spinal Injuries

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Research Team to Study the Impact of CBD on Spinal Injury Pain. Professor Luke Henderson is set to be the study’s lead investigator and he explains that the unfortunate truth for more than half of spinal cord injury patients is the development of chronic pain. Lambert Initiative experts have won $1.7

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Migraine Patients: 82% Say Marijuana Works

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Cannabis has been used for centuries to manage chronic pain from all sources and, as a recent study highlights, its positive effects extend to migraines. Hybrid strains were most commonly preferred for all types of pain, with “OG Shark” the most preferred strain in the migraine and other headache groups.).

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Can cannabis help COVID ‘long haulers?’

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An unknown number of recovered COVID-19 patients are walking through a fog, uncertain when it will end and what can be done to help. While the research doesn’t provide any clear answers, here is what we do know. And to make things worse, most of these people were already told that they were “healed.”. What is long COVID?

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From MMJ to Special K

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Rosenfeld smokes cannabis every day to treat a rare and excruciatingly painful bone disease called multiple congenital cartilaginous exotosis. Medicine in a Can A total of 15 patients with different incurable ailments would enroll in the Compassionate IND Program to study cannabis before it was officially shut down in 1992.