Evidence for using cannabis and cannabinoids to manage pain

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Chronic pain is purported to be one of the most common reasons patients use cannabis. Cannabis is used to relieve human suffering, and is also cited in a range of literature to treat many painful conditions including inflammation, neuralgia, migraine, dysmenorrhoea, muscular spasms, phantom limb pain, arthritis and spiral cord injury.

United States, Marijuana, Health aspects, Pain, Pain management, Chronic pain

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Anybody can make a difference, darling

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Issues are presented concerning the achievements of healthcare campaigner and journalist Marjorie Wallace in raising public awareness of the needs of the mentally ill. The healthcare services available to patients with schizophrenia are discussed.

Management, Achievements and awards, Women journalists, Health care reform, Schizophrenia, Wallace, Marjorie

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Cannabis: a question of health, not politics

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Issues concerning the use of cannabis as a palliative drug to ease certain conditions such as multiple sclerosis and cancer are discussed. The views of politicians and doctors on the benefits and risks of using cannabis are explored.

Research, Usage, Drugs, Complications and side effects, Multiple sclerosis, Cannabis, Hamamelidae, Adverse drug reactions

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