“No significant associations were found for cannabis-only use versus non-use,” investigators acknowledged.
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“Evidence of ECG abnormalities did not vary significantly by cannabis use status alone in the overall cohort,” researchers concluded.
Patients who used medical cannabis products during the prior year reported fewer urgent care visits, fewer emergency department visits, and fewer “unhealthy days per month” than did those with no prior cannabis use history.
“Had all 50 states implemented medical cannabis at the same time, employees may have seen a total savings of $4.2 billion for single plans and $2.3 billion for employee-plus-one plans in a given year.”
Overall, current cannabis consumers possessed 42 percent lower odds of suffering from metabolic syndrome.
Eighty-eight percent of those surveyed reported that cannabis “reduced their neuropathic pain intensity by more than 30 percent.”
The analysis reported that the average price of medical cannabis flower is $13.90 per gram.
“It is incumbent upon manufacturers to … improve label accuracy through a commitment to frequent and thorough independent testing procedures.”