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Medical Cannabis Fails the Long-Term Test: 58% of Patients Quit Within a Year


More than half of patients stopped medical cannabis within a year, especially older adults. Discontinuation was unrelated to pain type or overall health. New research shows that more than half of patients prescribed medical cannabis for chronic musculoskeletal pain stop treatment within a year. T

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