People who used cannabis the month before a surgical procedure had higher pain levels afterwards
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People who use cannabis within a month before surgery experience greater pain after the operation than those who didn’t.
Half of US adults have used marijuana, and 37 US states have now legalised medical marijuana. Given its widespread use, and the fact that cannabis with high amounts of the psychoactive compound THC has been shown to provide some pain relief, researchers wanted to understand how it could affect the experience of pain after surgery. …