![Cannabis use in patients with fibromyalgia: effect on symptoms relief and health-related quality of life]()
May 19, 2011 Barcelona, Spain:The use of cannabis is associated with beneficial effects on various symptoms of fibromyalgia, including the relief of pain and muscle stiffness, according to the results of an observational case-control study published online in the...
Schizophrenia, a chronic mental illness, is often accompanied by poorer cognitive functioning, and some research has suggested that marijuana may worsen schizophrenia. But this case-control study shows enhanced cognitive functioning in schizophrenic subjects who use...
Dan Pope has been using medical marijuana for six years to help control the muscle spasms and pain from muscular dystrophy. “I get very extreme hip, lower back pain and pain going to down to my leg — it gets so bad I can’t move,” said Pope, 44,...
Much of the purported link between marijuana use and psychosis is based on correlations between marijuana use and schizophrenia-like symptoms or traits, called “schizotypal personality.” But this study suggests that the effects of other drugs also used by...
As part of its evaluation of Britain’s system for classifying illicit drugs, Parliament commissioned the European branch of RAND Corporation, one of the world’s most respected think-tanks, to study the evidence underlying the classification of several...
