{"id":82864,"date":"2018-09-21T07:42:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/marijuana-study-explains-how-cannabinoids-help-people-experiencing-pain"},"modified":"2018-09-25T11:26:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T18:26:23","slug":"marijuana-study-explains-how-cannabinoids-help-people-experiencing-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/marijuana-study-explains-how-cannabinoids-help-people-experiencing-pain","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Study Explains How Cannabinoids Help People Experiencing Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/marijuana-study-explains-how-cannabinoids-help-people-experiencing-pain.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of June, a total of 31 states and the District of Columbia allow for the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/article\/40449-vermont-legalizes-recreational-marijuana-legislature\">medical marijuana<\/a>. Pain is the most common reason people say they need this cannabis and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25255903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vast majority<\/a> of users say that it helps. However, despite the claims of the many individuals who believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/article\/22730-brain-weed-marijuana-pot-cannabinoids-receptors-thc-anandamide\">cannabinoids<\/a> \u2014 the chemicals in marijuana \u2014 can ease pain, it\u2019s been difficult for scientists to explain why. Researchers published in <em>JAMA Psychiatry<\/em> now claim to clarify the discrepancy.<\/p>\n<p>In a systematic review and meta-analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapsychiatry\/fullarticle\/2701671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released Wednesday<\/a>, scientists from Syracuse University explain that while studies can\u2019t currently prove that cannabinoid drugs <em>reduce<\/em> pain, research does demonstrate that they can help with the experience of <em>feeling<\/em> pain. An evaluation of 18 studies that included 442 adults revealed that the use of cannabinoid drugs modestly increased people\u2019s threshold for pain and reduced pain\u2019s overall sensation of unpleasantness. This suggests to the researchers that cannabis\u2019 analgesic properties, or ability to relieve pain, affect the mind rather than the body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis [result] is especially salient because managing chronic pain is not solely about minimizing pain,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/author\/kevin-boehnke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Boehnke, Ph.D.<\/a>, who was not involved in the study, tells <em>Inverse<\/em>. Boehnke is currently a part of a University of Michigan study also analyzing the effect of cannabis on chronic pain. \u201cSleep problems, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and other factors tie into the experience of chronic pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/article\/49184-medical-marijuana-chronic-pain\">https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/article\/49184-medical-marijuana-chronic-pain<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of June, a total of 31 states and the District of Columbia allow for the use of medical marijuana. Pain is the most common reason people say they need this cannabis and the vast majority of users say that it helps. However, despite the claims of the many individuals who believe that cannabinoids \u2014 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83060,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82864\/revisions\/83060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}