California NORML, which pushed for the exemption, argued that cannabis smoke exposure does not pose similar risks to respiratory health as tobacco smoke.
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Nonetheless, fewer than ten percent of all financial institutions nationwide currently provide services to state-licensed cannabis businesses.
“The odds of tobacco/nicotine use and co-use with cannabis were not associated with cannabis legalization,” the study’s authors concluded.
The most frequently reported reasons for using cannabis were anxiety, chronic pain, depression, post-traumatic stress, migraine, and fibromyalgia.
“Cannabis and CBD were found to be most effective in managing chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain, chronic secondary visceral pain and chronic neuropathic pain,” investigators concluded.
Investigators concluded, “Results from this observational study suggest an association between treatment with THC-predominant cannabis flowers and symptomatic improvement for up to six months.”
“Cannabis-based products for medicinal use … can improve musculoskeletal, somatic, and psychiatric symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia,” the study’s authors determined.
“Among participants with anxiety and/or depression and pre-existing sleep problems at baseline, using cannabis … was associated with fewer sleep problems at follow-up,” researchers reported.