Harvard Medical Marijuana Study

Medical marijuana - Harvard Health

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Marijuana is also used to manage nausea and weight loss and can be used to treat glaucoma. A highly promising area of research is its use for PTSD in veterans …

Medical Marijuana: Facts about cannabis, THC, and CBD

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This Special Health Report, Pain Relief Without Drugs or Surgery, looks beyond the standard approaches of drugs and surgery and explores …

Medical marijuana may trigger substance abuse

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Obtaining a medical marijuana card may pose a risk for those who use cannabis products to treat pain, anxiety, or depression, according to a Massachusetts …

Cognitive effects in midlife of long-term cannabis use

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Study identifies potential test for cannabis impairment

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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found a noninvasive brain imaging procedure to be an objective and reliable way to identify individuals whose …

Older adults and medical marijuana: Reduced stigma …

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According to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, cannabis use among older adults (defined as 65 and older) in the US has …

Harvard Study Finds Cannabis Effective for Chronic Pain

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Harvard Study Finds Cannabis Effective for Chronic Pain. Long-term use of medical cannabis may be an effective treatment for chronic pain, according to a small …

Professor explores marijuana’s safe use and addiction

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Kevin Hill, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has conducted marijuana-related …

Cannabis and the Brain | Harvard Medical School

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By law, marijuana is defined as a cannabis plant with more than 0.3% THC by weight, while hemp contains 0.3% or less THC; accordingly, hemp products are less likely to cause an intoxicating effect. Marijuana is …

Access to medical marijuana reduces opioid prescriptions

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One of the studies, a longitudinal analysis of the number of opioid prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, showed that when medical marijuana laws …