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A 2011 review considered cannabis to be generally safe, [33] and it appears safer than opioids in palliative care. [34] A 2022 review concluded the pain relief experienced after using medical cannabis is due to the placebo effect, especially given widespread media attention that sets the expectation for pain relief. [35]
More than 80% said they use pot to relax, 68% take it to help them sleep and 63% say cannabis is a form of pain relief. For 53% of respondents, cannabis is a mental health and mood booster, while ...
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 ...
Harvest Farm Group was a fictional cannabis industry entity established as part of a three-year scam. The perpetrator, Mark Roy Anderson – a repeat con artist and disbarred attorney who had recently been released from prison [ 1 ] – was charged by the US government with multiple counts of wire fraud .
Cannabis is being investigated for its possible use in inflammatory bowel disease but as of 2014 there is only weak evidence for its benefits as a treatment. [49] A 2007 review said cannabidiol had shown potential to relieve convulsion, inflammation, cough, congestion and nausea, and to inhibit cancer cell growth. [50]
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California doctors were bribed to prescribe a pain-relief concoction as part of a $25 million workers' compensation scam that inadvertently caused a baby's death ...
Brian Keith Corty’s proposed cannabis theme park resort — dubbed a “Bud and Breakfast” — caused 22 people to invest thousands of dollars into the venture, prosecutors said.
The NHS treatments blacklist is an informal name for a list of medicines and procedures which will not be funded by public money except in exceptional cases. These include but are not limited to procedures which the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has ruled of limited effectiveness and particular brand name medicines.