Cannabis compounds hold promise as a PTSD treatment

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A new study by UCL in the UK has found that cannabis compounds hold promise as treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder but has highlighted the difficulties with obtaining sufficient evidence. Cannabis is already an approved treatment for PTSD in US states which permit medicinal cannabis use. In the UK, however, although medicinal cannabis was legalized in September 2008, there have been major practical problems with its implementation, and it’s thought that fewer than 100 patients have actually benefited [2]. UCL researchers found that significant numbers of PTSD patients – it’s a condition thought to affect 1% of the UK population …read more

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