Study Confirms: Marijuana Helps With Multiple Sclerosis
Smoking marijuana cuts spasticity and pain that’s resistant to conventional treatments in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), although it does have some cognitive effects as well, a small clinical trial in 2012 unsurprisingly confirmed. Spasticity scores on the modified Ashworth scale dropped by an average 2.74 points more with smoked cannabis than with a placebo, researchers at the University of California San Diego found, reports Crystal Phend at MedPage Today. A difference or two or more points is considered clinically meaningful [...]