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    Cannabis for pain and spasticity

    14 May 2012

    A small study in California found smoked marijuana improved spasticity and pain in people with MS but also reduced thinking ability. The study was a crossover trial involving 30 people who smoked either marijuana or a placebo once a day for three days. After an eleven day gap, the groups swapped to the other treatment. Among limitations of this study was that it was difficult to blind participants to the active treatment and many had a history of marijuana use.
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    Cannabis for pain and spasticity

    14 May 2012

    A small study in California found smoked marijuana improved spasticity and pain in people with MS but also reduced thinking ability. The study was a crossover trial involving 30 people who smoked either marijuana or a placebo once a day for three days. After an eleven day gap, the groups swapped to the other treatment. Among limitations of this study was that it was difficult to blind participants to the active treatment and many had a history of marijuana use.
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