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Over 90% of Patients say Medical Marijuana Works

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A broad study looking into the effectiveness of medical marijuana on patients in California has come back with very positive results. 92% of patients polled said that using marijuana helped to alleviate their symptoms. The symptoms ranged from chronic pain stemming from migraines and arthritis to cancer.

The California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System’s data concluded that 5% of adults in California admitted to using medical marijuana in order to treat a serious medical condition.

Authors of the study stated: “Our study’s results lend support to the idea that medical marijuana is used equally by many groups of people and is not exclusively used by any one specific group.”

In regards to different ethnicities and their use of medicinal marijuana, the study’s author says that, “the absolute difference in prevalence between the racial/ethnic groups is less than three percentage points, which may not have much importance in practical terms.”

Even with medical marijuana being legal in 23 states in the US there are still a large number of hurdles to overcome. Former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, called it “one of the greatest hoaxes of all time.”

The author mentions how the study proves the opposite of Bloomberg’s accusation, saying that, “The most common reasons for [marijuana] use include medical conditions for which mainstream treatments may not exist, such as for migraines, or may not be effective, including for chronic pain and cancer.”

In these types of situations, it seems like listening to the patients, the people actually living with these ailments every day are the ones with the most valid input, not the politicians.

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