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Study shows marijuana is an effective treatment for chronic lower back pain

Jason Weisberger
Oct 21, 2025
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A new study shows that marijuana is an effective non-opioid treatment for chronic lower back pain.

Confirming what we all knew, a large, late-stage clinical trial published in Nature Medicine has found that a full-spectrum cannabis extract can modestly but significantly reduce chronic low back pain. This phase three study, involving more than eight hundr…

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