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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 How Cannabis can help Chronic Pain, as explained by a Scientist 🌿How Cannabis can help Chronic Pain, as explained by a Scientist
Since ancient times its been known that cannabis can provide relief from a variety of different types of pain. Recent estimates show that chronic pain affects up to 7.8 million people in the United Kingdom alone and the current pharmaceutical strategies for mitigating chronic pain have led to the addiction to nearly one million of those people. Over the counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are not much better and can have a variety of adverse effects such as liver damage, erectile dysfunction, and potential for overdose. The search for safer alternatives prompted research into cannabis’ effects as an analgesic and scientists are now beginning to unravel how the compounds in cannabis interact with the body to produce these effects in a less harmful and less addicting fashion than over the counter medications and prescribed pharmaceuticals.
The endocannabinoid system primarily consists of two types of receptors called CB1 and CB2, with...
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