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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 11:53 PM
Neil Cuadra Neil Cuadra is offline
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Given the inconsistent legal status from state to state it's going to be hard to get good information. Research is spotty at best. Medline covers only a few studies on the positive uses, such as a recent report showing appetite benefits from THC. According to the Mayo Clinic, marijuana's use to reduce chronic pain has been demonstrated but there's been scant research on its use for nausea. The Mayo Clinic is one of the rare centers that does real research on alternative treatments, but they advise caution about the known side effects of marijuana, including an increased risk of bleeding and lowered blood pressure. Those may be relevant to recovering AA patients. They also say "Use with caution in patients with immune disorders", perhaps for the same reasons as the NYU document cathybee1 linked to.

Most of the major treatment centers have nothing to say about medical marijuana. They tend to discuss marijuana only in their "Substance Abuse" sections.
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