Millions of Americans use weed to treat chronic pain, but there's little high quality research on whether it works. New ...

Legalizing marijuana for medical or recreational purposes is “significantly associated with reduced opioid use among patients ...

Two recent European studies suggest that cannabis may be a more effective treatment for back pain than traditional opioids, ...

Today’s cannabis comes at a much higher potency level than that grown just 10 or 20 years ago, and with increased potency comes higher risk, according to a speaker at the Osteopathic Medical Education ...

How has medical cannabis influenced opioid use in Utah since they legalized medical cannabis in 2018? This is what a recent study presented at the Utah Medical Cannabis Advisory Board hopes to address ...

Medicinal cannabis use has increased rapidly in recent years in Australia. Since access pathways were expanded in 2016, more than 700,000 prescription approvals have been issued. Subscribe to our ...

Despite its growing popularity among cancer patients for managing symptoms like nausea, pain and reduced appetite, a new study has warned that the use of medicinal cannabis could make immunotherapy ...

Authorities have been urged to tighten controls around prescribing and dispensing medicinal cannabis after health officials noted people are bypassing traditional safeguards to get scripts.

The pro-marijuana-legalization campaign wants you to know that its opponents are funded by the opioid industry. Last week, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol put up a billboard in Phoenix ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) medication treatment saves lives, yet fewer than one‐third of people with OUD receive evidence‐based treatment with medication. In a study appearing in The Annals of Family ...

Only about a quarter of adults who needed treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) received recommended medications, survey data showed. In 2022, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) ...