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NZ medicinal cannabis study: 96% report improvements
Results of a new study from researchers at the University of Otago, Victoria University and the University of Auckland have renewed calls for medicinal products to be publicly funded, with around 96% of patients on them reporting benefits in their medical conditions.
The study canvassed 213 people who were taking cannabis for therapeutic reasons, about their experiences of taking it and collect data on the quality, efficacy and effects it had on them. According to Newshub, it helped 96% of those with pain, 97% of those with difficulty sleeping, and 98% with mental health issues, and 46 percent overall said they had been able to reduce or entirely stop their medical prescription.
Dunedin School of Medicine’s bioethics department, study co-author Dr Geoff Noller (a former exec member of NORML) said the study reflects several other studies in Aotearoa that therapeutic cannabis had a positive effect on pain relief, sleeplessness and anxiety, and an important finding in the study was some participants either decreased or stopped their prescribed medicines, many of which were opioid-based. Dr Noller said the majority of participants were sourcing cannabis through illicit means “due to barriers of sourcing…
