A Critique of Studies Discounting Medical Marijuana for Neurological Disorders

Can we effectively use medical marijuana for neurological disorders? It is clear that more research needs to be done on the health risks and benefits of cannabis. Since cannabis is a Schedule 1 drug, it is difficult to do the proper testing that is needed. Therefore, many of the tests that are done primarily involve not the cannabis plant, but rather isolated THC, CBD, or some combination of the two (Ref. 1). However, other studies have shown that cannabis is greater than the sum of its parts (Ref. 2). Cannabis has 480 different compounds, including over 66 cannabinoids and around 200 terpenes (Ref. 3). What is known as the “entourage effect” is responsible for the interactions between the cannabinoids and the terpenes (Ref. 4). It is no surprise that the combination of 480 compounds can interact in complex ways that could not be predicted by studying their single

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