Can a cannabis-based drug treat cannabis dependence?

The National Institute on Drug Abuse note that about 30% of recreational cannabis users in the United States “may have some degree of marijuana use disorder” that symptoms of dependence often characterize.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Testing was done of a new medicinal drug that is meant to be more effective in treating cannabis dependence than existing therapies.
• The principles are very similar to nicotine replacement; you are providing patients with a medicine, which is safer than the drug they’re already using.
• Researchers found that participants who they had given the drug started using significantly less cannabis than the control group who they gave a placebo.

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