Lack of studies for MM. Why?

[ImDan]

As a Crohn's sufferer trying to research MM for Crohn's I can't help but notice the lack of studies.

Is there a reason for this?

The few studies I've found have shown slight improvements with MM use and all say they warrant further studies - but where are they?

 

[Mark180]

No studies because of Federal status. Also Big Pharma won't make lots of money from MMJ. Remember, it is the healthcare INDUSTRY. Industry first, healthcare second. Sorry to sound so cynical, but after all I've been through with Crohn's, that is what I have come to conclude about the system.

 

[wild_one353]

True, it's natural so it cannot be patented or patented easily. plus, people could just buy it off the street so their is alot of competition to developing some pharmaceutical, so if money and exclusivity/monopoly is the main motivator for big pharma, the motivation is not there.

There will likely be more studies and maybe someday you could get a prescription for it, hell some people can get prescription for it in some states right now like oregon and buy their medicine in other states. and some states will also let you have it on you with a script, even though they don't legally sell marijuana in that state.

 

[MmeMagpie]

If the DEA reschedules it in the next couple of months (they said they'd review it by July, and it only needs to be knocked down one notch), we'll be seeing a lot more from the FDA about marijuana, and hopefully more medical trials.

I, too, am encouraged by the snippets of what I've been able to dig up about weed and Crohn's. I live in Arizona, where MM is an option for me, so I want to give it a try before getting shackled to expensive meds that will probably destroy my kidneys and liver.

 

[klofkorn]

Few studies because the DEA doesn't want any. Their budget depends on MMJ not having accepted medical uses. Remember that they get about half of their budget for cannabis enforcement.

 

[SahrThundermane]

Prohibition. Up until about a year or 2 ago, in the US researches had to go through a very strict process to do medical studies on marijuana. This ban has since been lifted, and Canada will quickly follow suit with legalization in the near future. Expect many more MMJ studies to be done in the next few years.

 

[Lowrider]

Israel has been doing studies for years with the backing of NiH. Look up Dr. Raphael Mechoulam

 

[aypues]

Prob because it's not an immunosuppressant. Doubtful it would alter the course of the disease itself. It might ease some symptoms though.

 

[SahrThundermane]

Prob because it's not an immunosuppressant. Doubtful it would alter the course of the disease itself. It might ease some symptoms though.

I wouldn't be so sure. There is a lack of studies in North America due to its previous legal status. Recently, studies have shown cannabinoids to have an impact on the immune system, although details are vague right now. Some cannabinoids can also act as rather effective anti-inflammatories, which is a big part of why we benefit so much from it. Who knows what future studies will tell us? It's an exciting time we live in.

 

[dug1207]

MM has a drug schedule that the fed+s say makes it more dangerous than meth, coke and herione, and like someone else said, the DEA would lose money the same way they have lost the war on drugs. the info someone else brought up was a study done at the U of Tel Aviv in Isreal...real interesting results about remission after smoking. with this current administration in the white house, dont count on any forward thinking anytime soon

 

[Lowrider]

All I can say is I take 10mg capsule's of CBD in the morning and evening and it helps. Like I said before, Isreal has been studying it for many years backed by the NIH. Dr. Raphael Mechoulam has said the studies have proven it to be very effective for the stomach. The Doctor was the first person to study marijuana beginning in the 60's. One thing he said in one video is that there is an entroage effect with marijuana. So to be able to use the whole plant would be very effective.