Written by Brian Mastroiannion February 21,2019
A new study found that more than 62 percent of people who use medical marijuana do so to treat chronic pain.
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Boehnke says the findings were significant in adding to our current understanding of how medical marijuana is used. He points out it was striking to find the “vast majority of conditions for which people use cannabis have substantial or conclusive evidence of cannabis being an effective treatment.” He notes this was important because medical marijuana remains a “controversial and polarizing topic.” He says proponents claim cannabis is a valuable medicine for a range of conditions, while detractors call it a “drug of abuse or recreation” and that “medical cannabis laws are simply a cover for potheads to get high legally.” However, Boehnke says the findings from this latest study show a majority of people are clearly using medical marijuana for evidence-based reasons, and states that have yet to legalize medical cannabis aren’t connecting policy with science…”