Investigators concluded, “Medical cannabis treatment … demonstrated overall long-term pain reductions, quality of life improvements, and opioid-sparing effects.”
Day: June 16, 2022
Since 1992, every Thursday and when breaking news warrants, NORML/NORML Foundation have been issuing weekly press releases for marijuana law supporters and the media. Subscribe to NORML News.
NORML’s News Releases archives goes back to 1996 and serves as a valuable tool to alert citizens about marijuana-related news and legislation as well as a research tool for reviewing a chronology-of-sorts of marijuana law reform.
Researchers reported, “Topical CBD treatment demonstrated significant improvements in … arthritis-related pain and disability without adverse events.”
Current cannabis use was “consistently associated with smaller waist circumference, lower BMI, and lower risks of … obesity in patients with chronic HCV infection.”
Authors theorized that more frequent consumers were more tolerant to the effects of cannabis and also engaged in more compensatory driving behaviors.
“Extending our results to other states, we find that medical cannabis legalization has reduced auto insurance premiums by $1.5 billion in all states that have currently legalized,” authors concluded.