Does marijuana actually help to reduce pain?

90+ % of “patients” in medical marijuana legal states register under the subjective diagnosis of “chronic pain.”

Cleveland Clinic: using cannabis to manage pain is not recommended by pain doctors.

Dr. Neil Finn (board certified pain MD): “Cannabis is not a solution to the opioid crisis because it does not provide pain relief.” (video).

JAMA: this study (2022) concluded “there were no observed benefits from obtaining a medical marijuana card for pain, anxiety or depressive symptoms.”

Lancet: four year study on the effects of cannabis used to treat non-cancer pain shows conclusive evidence that it does not work to reduce pain.