A new study has found that medical cannabis can reduce reliance on opioids for those living with chronic pain.
At the first follow-up, researchers found that there was a 67 per cent average decrease in daily MME per patient. At the second follow-up there was a 73 per cent decrease in MME.
Researchers noted that, in their clinical setting, medical cannabis treatment “led to a significant decrement in chronic opioid use for the majority of patients with chronic pain,” per NORML .
“Therefore, we present medical cannabis as an alternative, potentially effective, class of treatment,” researchers concluded.
A study out of Harvard last year involving 37 patients also found that cannabis can be an effective treatment option for chronic pain sufferers.
The patients, whose conditions included arthritis, joint pain and neuropathy, were not regular cannabis consumers and used vaporizers, edibles, oils and other
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