Marijuana for Pain Control

As early as 2727 B.C., marijuana has been known to have medicinal properties. The Chinese used it to treat rheumatic pain, constipation, and menstrual cramps. Until 1942, marijuana was available in the U.S. by prescription.

The fact is that marijuana relieves pain. The evidence is that, a study published in Neurology last year, found that cannabis provides substantial relief from HIV related nerve pain. This was a study done at the University of CA in San Francisco by Dr. Donald Abrams who has researched marijuana for over a decade. Over a period of 2 years, 55 patients smoked either a cannabis cigarette or a placebo cigarette. The placebo smokers reported an 11% reduction of pain while the pot smokers experienced a 34% reduction in their nerve pain. These results showed that marijuana may be an alternative treatment in patients who can’t tolerate or don’t respond to the standard medications. It is also a wake-up call for the government to allow further research into the therapeutic use of marijuana for other types of pain management.(more here)