Doctors should only consider the unregulated drug as a last resort treatment for nerve-
damage pain caused by conditions such as multiple sclerosis, metastatic cancer, shingles …

Cannabis has been used since antiquity for recreational and medical purposes. Current US
medical usage is most commonly for pain, although it is also used for anorexia, nausea …

Health Canada has conditionally approved the first cannabis-derived prescription pain killer.
Cannabis sativa extract (Sativex), an under-the-tongue spray, was approved in April for use …

Background: Cannabis is increasingly available for the treatment of chronic pain, yet its
efficacy remains uncertain. Purpose: To review the benefits of plant-based cannabis …

Recent state regulations (eg, in New York, Illinois) allow medical cannabis as a substitute for
opioids for chronic pain and for addiction. Yet the evidence regarding safety, efficacy, and …

In this month's issue we learn that marijuana, when smoked, is of questionable efficacy for
managing chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). Deshpande et al reach this conclusion in a …

There is mounting interest among patients and healthcare professionals about the clinical
benefits of medical cannabis for various ailments, most commonly for pain relief. Some …

We congratulate Drs. Busse and MacKillop for their ground breaking work in evaluating the
evidence for the use of cannabis in health care. In their article summarizing the BMJ Rapid …

Eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis use for recreational
purposes, and 28 states plus the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medical …

Despite accounts of medicinal marijuana dating back over 5000 years and references in the
medical literature emerging in the mid-1800s, public opinion on the medicinal use of …