Little quality evidence on the medical benefits of marijuana: Study – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

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As many turn to marijuana to help with problems such as anxiety, sleep issues and pain relief, a new analysis of more than 100 clinical trials and meta-analyses found there’s not a lot of quality evidence showing cannabis use can be beneficial to a majority of people.

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In fact, there’s more convincing evidence that suggests using marijuana could be harmful, particularly for pregnant women, those with a mental health disorder, and adolescents and young adults, according to the study published in the online medical journal BMJ.

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“After applying very strict quantitative criteria, and accounting for both observational studies and experimental trials, most of the associations between cannabis and health outcomes were supported by very low or low credibility,” study author Dr. Marco Solmi told CNN.

The University of Ottawa associate professor of psychiatry, who is also an investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, told CNN that the study found there were “multidimensional detrimental effects of cannabis on brain function,” which are seen in “associations…