Cannabis does not reduce chronic pain, according to a major study – Hack

The relief of chronic pain is often used to sell the benefits of medicinal cannabis, but a major study has shown that it does not reduce pain.

The study published in Lancet Public Health is one of the in-depth ever done on the medical use of the drug. Researchers at the National Research Center on Alcohol and Drugs (NDARC) at the University of New South Wales randomly selected a group of 1,514 Australians who were using prescription opioids such as codeine to treat chronic pain

. pain. More than four years ago, those who turned to cannabis reported higher levels of pain.

They also reported higher levels of anxiety.

Professor Michael Farrell, director of NDARC and co-author of the study, Hack stated that further study on the benefits of medicinal cannabis was needed to verify some of the claims made by its promoters, including commercial growers.

"There are many claims made for and against and what we really need, it's" It's a study of the actual experience of people and we clearly need other studies that make a more detailed structured assessment. "

Profits, public access to cannabis research results

These studies look at multi-million dollar investments in medicinal cannabis in Australia, as well as on the hope of finding an alternative to opioid analgesics, which are dangerous and addictive.

One in fiv Australians suffer daily from prolonged pain

Professor Farrell stated that The study showed that the Australian public has been increasingly interested in the relief of cannabis pain for four years

"We asked them if they were interested in cannabis. It went from 30% to more than 60% during this period, "he said.