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Here’s where science currently stands on the use of marijuana for pain, sleep, anxiety, muscle spasms and other ailments — the results may surprise you. How marijuana impacts pain, sleep ...
However, sufficient evidence exists showing reductions in cannabis use improve anxiety, depression, and sleep quality. [54] A 2017 review suggests that cannabis has been shown to improve the mood of depression-diagnosed patients. [ 13 ]
Weed affects your ability to make decisions, control emotions, remember important data, plan, organize and solve problems, a new study found, and that impact may last well past your initial high.
As of 2025, no high-quality evidence has been found linking cannabis smoking to lung cancer, despite cannabis smoke having similar properties to tobacco smoke. Why this is the case remains unclear. Various studies have speculated that differences in patterns of use compared to tobacco could account for the difference, as well as the anti ...
Most people 50 and older who use cannabis do so at least once a month, saying it helps them sleep and eases pain, a new survey found. More than 20% of older adults have used pot in the past year ...
The entourage effect is a hypothesis that cannabis compounds other than tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) act synergistically with it to modulate the overall psychoactive effects of the plant. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The effect has also been applied in the case of psilocybin mushrooms , with other compounds besides psilocybin having been hypothesized to also ...
“While cannabis is often perceived as harmless or even beneficial for certain medical conditions, this study underscores potential negative cognitive effects, particularly on working memory and ...
CBD shares a precursor with THC and is the main cannabinoid in CBD-dominant Cannabis strains. CBD has been shown to play a role in preventing the short-term memory loss associated with THC. [29] There is tentative evidence that CBD has an anti-psychotic effect, but research in this area is limited. [30] [24]