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Researchers studied medical records to compare pain medication use after hand fracture surgery between patients diagnosed with problematic cannabis habits and those without such a diagnosis.

Researchers investigated what cancer survivors think about using cannabis and whether they worry about being judged for it. They interviewed and surveyed adults who had finished cancer treatments, comparing those who used cannabis to manage symptoms with those who did not.

Researchers studied whether patients with digestive system cancers who received prescriptions for Food and Drug Administration-approved cannabis medications during early chemotherapy reduced their reliance on opioid pain medications.

Researchers followed adults living with long-term lower back pain who chose to use edible cannabis products from legal stores over a two-week period.

This study followed 52 people with long-lasting nerve pain caused by diabetes who had not improved with standard medicines.

This study looked at young people aged 8 to 17 who had depression, and compared them with young people without depression.

Researchers followed adults undergoing major abdominal operations for cancer to see how regular use of cannabis affects pain levels, pain medication needs, and recovery complications.

Researchers analyzed two large national health surveys from Canada conducted ten years apart to understand how cannabis use relates to anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide over time.

The Blowing Minds protocol establishes a robust framework to evaluate the complex, real-world interactions between cannabis use (medicinal vs. recreational), affect, cognition, and legal context using ecological momentary assessment.

The study looked at individuals at high risk for psychosis and healthy controls to understand the effects of cannabis and tobacco use.