The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research

http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/reports/2017/health-effects-of-cannab [snip!]
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A massive review of the scientific literature on pot concluding that there is “substantial evidence that cannabis is an effective treatment for chronic pain in adults,” but the evidence shows only modest benefits so far, and there is uncertainty about every detail: “very little is known about the efficacy, dose, routes of administration, or side effects of commonly used and commercially available cannabis products.”

Other reviews are much less encouraging (see Nugent 2017, Häuser 2019).

~ Paul Ingraham, PainSci Publisher

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