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Importance Cannabis is the most commonly used drug of abuse by adolescents in the world.
While the impact of adolescent cannabis use on the development of psychosis has been …

Background: The therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabis-based medicines raises safety
concerns for patients, clinicians, policy-makers, insurers, researchers and regulators …

Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is a psychophysical method used to quantify
somatosensory function in response to controlled stimuli in healthy subjects and patients …

Chronic pain is associated with reduced brain gray matter and impaired cognitive ability. In
this longitudinal study, we assessed whether neuroanatomical and functional abnormalities …

BACKGROUND: Neuropathic pain (NeP), redefined as pain caused by a lesion or a disease
of the somatosensory system, is a disabling condition that affects approximately two million …

Background: Chronic neuropathic pain affects 1%–2% of the adult population and is often
refractory to standard pharmacologic treatment. Patients with chronic pain have reported …

Objective To determine the benefits and harms of medical cannabis and cannabinoids for
chronic pain. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources MEDLINE …

BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders affect many patients with chronic pain conditions.
Cannabis has been reported by several patient populations to help sleep. We evaluated the …

Peer review: benefits, perceptions and alternatives Page 1 PRC Summary Papers 4 Peer
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