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Nearly
One
Out
Of
Three
HIV
Patients
in
Ontario
Use
Marijuana
Medicinally,
Study
11/28/03
courtesy NORML Foundation,
http://www.norml.org
Approximately one in three
HIV patients in Ontario uses marijuana for medicinal purposes, according
to the results of a study presented this week at the 2003 Ontario HIV Treatment
Network research conference.
Among HIV-positive Ontarians,
29 percent use cannabis therapeutically, study presenter Michelle Furler
of the University of Toronto said. Respondents explained that they
used marijuana to stimulate appetite, aid sleep, and alleviate nausea and
vomiting. A higher percentage of female respondents noted that they
used marijuana for pain management.
Almost half of those who
used cannabis medicinally said they used it daily.
According to a recently study
published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, use of inhaled marijuana
demonstrates "no major, short-term harmful effects and possibly some beneficial
effects... in HIV-infected patients taking protease inhibitors."
Presently, clinical trials
examining the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids in HIV patient populations
are ongoing at the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis
Research.
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