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Medical Marijuana Improves Lower Back Back Pain And Reduces Opioid Use, New 10-Year Study Shows
Using medical marijuana helps people who suffer from lower pain significantly reduce their opioid use as well as experience lower pain intensity and functional disability, according to a new study that involved hundreds of patients. Researchers with Tel Aviv University, Rabin Medical Center and Clalit Health Services in Israel enrolled 1,000 patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) who had previously never used cannabis and tracked their pain, disability status and medication usage annually for a period of 10 years at a specialized orthopedic pain clinic. After a decade, opioid use, measured in morphine milligram equivalents, "decreased substantially" by 90 percent.