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A new report notes that marijuana may have a “novel mechanism of action not fully exploited by current therapies.” The drug may also have an effect on multiple-sclerosis patients’ spastic motions “beyond the benefit available from usual medical care.
Fourteen states including California have adopted medical marijuana laws. This research is likely to advance marijuana policy with a California ballot measure that would attempt to legalize the drug’s use by adults 21 and older coming up later this year.
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SACRAMENTO — Medical marijuana is a promising treatment for some specific pain-related medical conditions, researchers from the University of California's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research reported Wednesday.
State-funded studies conducted over the past decade have found marijuana effective by itself or in combination with other drugs for conditions such as nerve pain associated with HIV and muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis.
Although California was the first of 14 states to legalize marijuana's medical use, it remains the only state to have spent public money on researching the drug's efficacy. It has been 20 years since the last results of U.S. clinical trials of smoked marijuana.
"This study confirms all of the anecdotal evidence" of suffering eased by marijuana, said state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco.
New study: Marijuana useful for treating pain of some medical maladies
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