Knowledge for safe and appropriate use of cannabis as a medicine

To get to the next step in the prescription of cannabis-based medication, there needs to be randomized controlled trials. The licensed producers of cannabis have to come up with a fund for the trials so that people can see its benefits and also make sure there are no negative side effects of using cannabis in the longer term.

The transitional pain program was created to help patients wean from their opioid-based medication. It involves an opioid-stewardship program which helps patients deal with withdrawal systems when the doses of opioid are decreased.

Doctors are always looking for new ways to manage chronic pain and often can’t find a new solution during their lifetime. The notion of medical cannabis has opened up a door of new opportunities for patients but it will be many years before they become widely used.

It’s time for science and academic institutions across the world to recognize the importance of cannabis and enable it to become credible and useful to targeted populations. Just as it took time for opium, morphine, fentanyl, etc. to become widely used, it will also be a while for cannabis to gain recognition.

There is a College of Family Physicians of Canada guide related to the use of medical cannabis, which recommends the THC levels to be at or below 9 percent and CBD levels to be from 9 to 12 percent.

There is specificity between the types of cannabis that attack cancer cells. A specific type of cannabis will attack colon cancer but do nothing to the prostate cancer. When grown in different environments, cannabis shows different properties.

There was a laboratory test to find out the anti-cancer effects of cannabis. The results showed that different types of cannabis killed different types of cancer cells.

Research shows that cannabis helps to reduce the aggressiveness and anxiety of autistic kids, and improve their sleep and communication.

Research showed that when there is a structured program to control the use of opioid medication and education involved in access to cannabis, there is a significant reduction in opioid. People are gaining knowledge about the endocannabinoid system and the benefits of cannabis.

In 2015, the number of opioid injections was reduced in the areas that cannabis was more accessible. American Medical Association reported that there was a correlation between the availability of cannabis and the number of opiate prescriptions filled in the United States. The number of prescriptions filled per day was reduced by 2.2 million in areas after cannabis became accessible.

Over the last decade, doctors have increasingly prescribed opiate medication for chronic pain and thousands of patients have died due to opiate overdoses. While some drugs can make you feel like a zombie and lose emotion. At Spartan Wellness, they assist people in alternative medicine solutions such as cannabis to allow them to have different alternatives to opiate medications.

Thousands of people are dying every year in Canada from overdoses of opioids. Most of them are thought to have become addicted to these drugs through medical prescriptions. Doctors have found that cannabis can be a possible replacement for opioid-based medications.