Medical marijuana: A treatment worth trying?

Julius Metts; Steven Wright; Jawahar Sundaram; Nastran Hashemi

Medical marijuana: A treatment worth trying?

J Fam Pract. 2016 Mar;65(3):178-85.

Authors

Julius Metts¹, Steven Wright², Jawahar Sundaram³, Nastran Hashemi³

Affiliations

¹ California Substance Abuse and Treatment Center, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Corcoran, CA, USA. Email: julius.metts@cdcr.ca.gov.
² Private practice, Littleton, CO, USA.
³ California Substance Abuse and Treatment Center, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Corcoran, CA, USA.

PMID: 27158689

Abstract

With medical marijuana available in more and more states, family physicians need to know what the evidence says about its use. This review includes a step-by-step guide and a list of red flags to watch for.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Cachexia / drug therapy*
Chronic Pain / drug therapy*
Female
Humans
Medical Marijuana / standards
Medical Marijuana / therapeutic use*
Multiple Sclerosis / drug therapy*
Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / drug therapy*
Tourette Syndrome / drug therapy*
United States

Substances

Medical Marijuana