Marijuana Connections

Using Medical Marijuana for Chronic Pain More than 76 million Americans are suffering from chronic pain due to various reasons. It disrupts their normal routine and often can’t be relieved to an adequate level by standard pain relief treatments. Scientists have been working for years, trying to discover alternative and most importantly more effective ways of relieving chronic pain. Chronic Pain Definition Even though definition of “chronic pain” may have a wide understanding, all health organizations clearly state what level of pain can be considered for medical cannabis. There are a number of diseases and symptoms whose patients’ suffer from severe enough pain to be eligible for medical marijuana treatment. Diseases or ailments with symptoms that commonly include chronic pain and are regularly treated with medicinal cannabis include the following: Fibromyalgia Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Scoliosis Osteoporosis Arthritis HIV-related neurop...