Medical marijuana medicines are still in their infancy in the pharmaceutical industry, but they are already successful with those who need them to relieve pain. Research has shown that 93% of people who need some medication prefer cannabis medicines.

The study was conducted by the University of California Berkeley and the University of Kent, both of the United States, and heard nearly 3, 000 patients who treated chronic pain with both opioids and medical marijuana. The results showed that 97% of people have reduced the amount of opium drugs they are taking when treating marijuana pain.

Medical Marijuana Outperforms Study on Patients with Chronic Pain

In addition, 89% of people reported bothersome side effects for opiate use such as nausea and constipation - these effects are rarely seen when treated with cannabis .

Another detail is that in the United States at least 100 people die each day from high dosages of opiate drugs such as morphine and codeine. As some pains remain, patients eventually self-medicate without knowing the safe limits for their use. With medical marijuana, no cases of overdose have been reported.