This is Part 6 of a series of six articles discussing various medical uses for cannabis or marijuana. In this part, I summarize all of the five previous articles into some bullet points so that you have quick and fast access to some scientific information about medical uses for cannabis or marijuana.
In case you missed them, here are the first five articles in this series:
Part 1. Marijuana and medicine assessing the science.
Part 2. Marijuana and cancer – assessing the science
Part 3. Marijuana and neurological disorders – assessing the science
Part 4. Marijuana and health risks – assessing the science
Part 5. Marijuana and pregnancy – assessing the science
Maybe you don’t agree with the science about marijuana’s role in medicine. But that’s not how science works. The evidence should lead you to a conclusion (actually, the acceptance or rejection of a hypothesis). One shouldn’t form an a prior conclusion, then go hunt for data. That’s not how it works.
As new systematic or meta reviews bring more clinical evidence of the benefits of the medical uses for cannabis – this takes time – maybe evidence based medicine can incorporate marijuana into the armamentarium of medical practice. But only real clinical evidence matters.
So let’s review where the evidence leads us. Continue reading “Part 6. Medical uses for cannabis – the TL;DR version”
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