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Consistent with other studies, fibromyalgia patients report long-term improvements in their pain, anxiety, sleep, and overall quality of life following cannabis treatment.
“Cannabis use did not show a consistent association with cross-sectional or later life suicidality in this high-risk sample,” the study’s authors concluded.
Petitioners had argued that Congress’ reliance on the Commerce Clause of the Fifth Amendment to prohibit the trafficking of state-legal cannabis products exceeds its constitutional authority.
“It is outrageous to deny people access to public housing for responsibly using a substance that is legal in some form in most of the country,” NORML’s Political Director Morgan Fox said.
“[These] results indicate that chronic CBD supplementation leads to blood pressure reduction,” investigators concluded.
Survey data reports that nearly one in five patients with endometriosis consume cannabis to manage their pain or other symptoms.
Spontaneous regression of HCC typically occurs in fewer than one-half of one percent of all cases.