Immediate acquisition of a medical marijuana card led to an increase of cannabis use disorder and improved sleep, but saw no significant improvement in pain, anxiety or depressive symptoms, experts reported in JAMA Network Open.
“Given the increasing prevalence of cannabis use for medical concerns, well-designed studies are needed to assess the effect of cannabis product use on target symptoms and associated adverse medical and psychiatric events,” Jodi M. Gilman, PhD, department of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues wrote.
Researchers sought to evaluate