As you will see in the infographic below, medical cannabis is emerging as a very effective way to treat not only chronic pain but a variety of other conditions as well.

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100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain – the equivalent of 1/3 of the US itself. Chronic pain is defined as pain that exists for more than 12 weeks. However, what many don’t realize is that this pain commonly coincides alongside other serious symptoms and conditions, from sleeping disturbances, weakened immune systems, anxiety, depression and others. On top of this, since chronic pain is subjective, measuring it becomes difficult and therefore complicated to treat. Unfortunately, there has been a rise in opioid prescriptions in the last thirty years, which has resulted in a staggering number of deaths. , however, aims to treat chronic pain effectively and safely. As you will see in the infographic below, medical cannabis is, in fact, a very effective alternative to opioid prescriptions.

As it stands now, chronic pain is a medical dilemma due to the difficulty involved in treating the subjective nature of the pain. What is evident, however, is that there may be a more effective alternative to opioid prescriptions, the latter of which resulted in 15,000 deaths in the US in 2015 alone. The largest-ever study on medical cannabis found it effective for reducing chronic pain as well as treating other health conditions, including muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and chemotherapy-related nausea. Moreover, it is unequivocally safe – In 2015, zero deaths were caused by the plant.

People have been treating various ailments with medical cannabis since 4,000 BC, with the earliest recorded use being in Mongolia and Siberia. By 1937, it was criminalized in the US, but then legalized in 1996 in the state of California. By 2012, Colorado and Washington legalized recreational cannabis use. Legalization has been associated with less opioid-related drug deaths with each passing year.

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