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2014

University of North Florida

Medical Pharmacology

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Meta-Analysis Of Herbal Cannabis Therapy For Chronic Pain, Michael J. Seneca Jan 2014

Meta-Analysis Of Herbal Cannabis Therapy For Chronic Pain, Michael J. Seneca

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Since the first so-called “medical marijuana” legislation was passed in California in 1996, a total of twenty states and the District of Columbia have passed laws permitting limited use of cannabis. Despite the changes in state laws, cannabis remains illegal for any purpose under federal law. Changes in state laws have coincided with a renewed interest in the substance for the treatment of a variety of conditions. There has been a significant increase in published data over the past twenty years examining the efficacy of cannabis as an appetite stimulant, antiemetic agent, and analgesic adjuvant. The purpose of this meta-analysis …