Cannabis is better painkiller for MEN than for women, study claims
Men have greater pain relief than women after smoking marijuana, new research reveals.
The study - the first to test this theory in humans - comes as more and more Americans turn to the drug to ease pain, driving a national legalization movement.
Medical professionals have welcomed the research as proof that the increasingly-political research field must focus on both genders to provide a detailed understanding of cannabis and its effects.
The study - the first to test this theory in humans - found men feel less pain after smoking
'These findings come at a time when more people, including women, are turning to the use of medical cannabis for pain relief,' said Ziva Cooper, PhD, associate professor of clinical neurobiology (in psychiatry) at CUMC.
'Preclinical evidence has suggested that the experience of pain relief from cannabis-related products may vary between sexes, but no studies have been done to see...
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