Pubdate: Thu, 26 Jul 2012
Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA)
Copyright: 2012 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.newsreview.com/chico/
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POT RESEARCH TOUTS BENEFITS

Studies Conclude Marijuana Offers Pain Relief for Various
Conditions

America's most expansive studies on the medicinal benefits of
marijuana have concluded pot does indeed have therapeutic value.

After more than a dozen years of studies and $8.7 million in state
funding, California's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research found
marijuana offers pain relief for nerve damage from injuries, HIV,
strokes and other conditions, according to The Sacramento Bee.

The UC San Diego-based research center has exhausted its funding after
hundreds of state-commissioned clinical trials in which HIV and AIDS
patients were monitored before and after consuming marijuana, and
researchers did such things as introduce a painful ingredient in chili
peppers underneath the skin of pot smokers and tested a Volcano
Vaporizer to gauge whether smokeless pot represented a healthier
consumption method.

"Every one of the studies showed a benefit," said Dr. Igor Grant,
former director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research. "The
convergence of evidence makes me convinced there is a medical benefit
here, and there may be a niche for cannabis."
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