Cannabis can reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. A systematic review, published in the journal BMC Neurology, found that five out six randomized controlled trials reported a reduction in spasticity and an improvement in mobility.
Shaheen Lakhan and Marie Rowland from the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation, Los Angeles, searched for trials evaluating the cannabis extracts [...]

According to a new study, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy, when legal medical therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis.
The research suggests that around a third of teens who smoke cannabis on a regular basis use it as a medication, rather than as a [...]