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New Study Highlights Marijuana Benefits for Patients with MS

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The wonder plant marijuana is showing off its medical diversity again.  Research has been discovering many potential medical uses for marijuana.  This week a new research study has uncovered even more evidence that marijuana can be beneficial to a wide variety of ailments, including multiple sclerosis.

Researchers in the United Kingdom analyzed the results of over 300 participants across 22 medical facilities who were suffering from MS.  The study was aimed specifically at relieving muscle stiffness, which impacts approximately 90% of those who have MS.  The effects of MS are well documented and many who have it find themselves having trouble with mobility and leading their daily lives.  Sleep deprivation is also commonly associated with MS and muscle stiffness.

The study results may give new hope for patients with MS who have not been responsive to traditional treatments.  In the UK study, which will be published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, researchers gave one group of participants marijuana while giving another group placebo.  After 12 weeks, 30 percent of those who were given marijuana reported improvements in pain and mobility.  Only 16% of the placebo group reported improvements.  The known side effects of marijuana, dizziness, confusion, fatigue etc. have been previously reported as negative side effects in past marijuana/MS studies.  While those still occurred study researchers announced “No new safety concerns were observed.”

Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis, like many, have eluded scientists for decades.  However, marijuana breakthroughs have been occurring regularly in recently with scientists also discovering that cannabis may be able to stop the metastasis of cancer, the spreading of HIV/AIDS, and many other difficult to treat conditions.  The hope now is that mainstream media outlets and political leaders keep the issue on the forefront.


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