“Medical cannabis improves motor and nonmotor symptoms in patients with PD and may allow for reduction of concomitant opioid medication use,” authors concluded.
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Most physicians say that they lacked sufficient training about the use of CBD, and most oppose the notion of recommending CBD products to their patients.
Investigators concluded, “We found that occasional cannabis use in later-life was associated with better overall global cognition compared to no cannabis use.”
“The administration of CBD reduced average 24-hour mean, systolic, and diastolic blood pressure after 2.5 weeks,” researchers determined.
Authors determined that cannabis treatment “was associated with improvements in fibromyalgia-specific symptoms, in addition to sleep, anxiety, and health-related quality of life.”
Under the new law, police may not initiate a search of a person or their vehicle solely based upon smelling marijuana.
The law extends existing restrictions on the pool of applicants eligible to obtain licensure to participate in the adult-use marijuana market.
Patients suffering from pain, cancer, anxiety, and insomnia show sustained benefits after commencing treatment with medical cannabis.