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When usual treatments are ineffective, cannabinoids have also been recommended for anorexia, arthritis, glaucoma, [19] and migraine. [20] It is unclear whether American states might be able to mitigate the adverse effects of the opioid epidemic by prescribing medical cannabis as an alternative pain management drug. [21]
In April 2018, after 5 years of research, Sanjay Gupta backed medical marijuana for conditions such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. [19] He believes that medical marijuana is safer than opioid for pain management. [20] [21]
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the part of the cannabis plant that produces a “high” — a key reason marijuana helps with nausea and pain, he added.
A 2010 analysis in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews found that less than 1 percent of patients taking opioids for chronic pain ... like VX-548 should expand pain treatment choices. ...
Proposition 215 – the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 – was subsequently approved with 56% of the vote, legalizing the use, possession, and cultivation of cannabis by patients with a physician's recommendation, for treatment of cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or "any other illness for which ...
An opiate, in classical pharmacology, is a substance derived from opium. In more modern usage, the term opioid is used to designate all substances, both natural and synthetic, that bind to opioid receptors in the brain (including antagonists). Opiates are alkaloid compounds naturally found in the Papaver somniferum plant (opium poppy).
Millions like me who suffer chronic pain need North Carolina to pass a medical marijuana bill. It would help us and the state. | Opinion
Clinics that dispensed painkillers proliferated with only the loosest of safeguards, until a recent coordinated federal-state crackdown crushed many of the so-called “pill mills.” As the opioid pain meds became scarce, a cheaper opioid began to take over the market — heroin. Frieden said three quarters of heroin users started with pills.