The Feds Want Your Help Researching Weed and Pain

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Want to help convince the federal government that medical marijuana can help treat pain? A federal agency is looking for submissions of clinical studies exploring weed and pain.

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The federal government has asked the American public for help digging up scientific research studies that prove that cannabis can help treat pain and headaches.

In two separate notices published in this month's federal register, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced it was conducting a review of treatments used to to quell acute pain and migraine headaches. The focus of this review is to explore the effectiveness of alternatives to opioid medications traditionally used to treat severe...

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