From the ArcaMax Publishing, Health & Fitness Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/healthtips/s-364557-530071
MONTREAL (UPI) -- Medical use of cannabinoids from marijuana does not
cause an increase in serious negative medical side effects, Canadian
researchers said.
Researchers at McGill University Health Centre and McGill University
in Montreal and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver said
that as the use of cannabinoid medications increases, so do concerns
about their potential to cause "adverse events."
Dr. Mark Ware of the McGill University Health Centre said the analysis
reported 31 separate clinical studies of cannabinoid medications
conducted between 1966 and 2007. Adverse events were categorized as
either serious or non-serious; with serious adverse events defined as
those leading to death, hospitalization or disability.
"Overall, we found an 86 percent increase in the rate of non-serious
adverse events among the patients treated with cannabinoids compared
to the patients in the control groups," Ware said in a statement. "The
majority of events were mild to moderate in severity."
The majority of non-serious adverse events observed involved dizziness
and drowsiness, the researchers said.
The findings were published in the Canadian Medical Association
Journal.