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'Cannabis is safe and efficacious in the elderly population'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5385255/Marijuana-eases-pain-90-elderly-patients.html

The researchers wrote: 'The therapeutic use of cannabis is safe and efficacious in the elderly population.
'Cannabis use may decrease the use of other prescription medicines, including opioids'.
In terms of side effects, the results further reveal some 9.7 per cent of elderly people taking cannabis experience dizziness, while 7.1 per cent complain of dry mouth.
The findings were published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine.

How the research was carried out
The researchers, from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, analysed 2,736 people aged over 65 who received medical cannabis between January 2015 and October 2017 in specialised marijuana clinics.
The study's participants completed a questionnaire about their pain intensity and quality of life after six months of marijuana use.
Some 66.6 per cent of the participants were taking marijuana for pain, while 60.8 per cent took cannabis drug for cancer.