Dr. Matthew Hill

Those are the main, I think, genuine bona fide health issues associated with cannabis that people should be aware of. I mean, I know we're not going to probably go into depth with it. On the other side, with the medical stuff, it's a little bit more challenging. I mean, a lot of this is just because we really don't have

good studies that have been done in any capacity that have really definitively told us if cannabis has really bona fide medical benefit?

good studies that have been done in any capacity that have really definitively told us if cannabis has really bona fide medical benefit?

good studies that have been done in any capacity that have really definitively told us if cannabis has really bona fide medical benefit?

I mean, you look at, I mean, the other one that wasn't on there, but you've mentioned this before, and I have as well, is pain. So chronic pain. Pain, thank you. Pain is, I would say, the number one. So pain is certainly the one that there's the most amount of evidence for. Thank you.

I mean, you look at, I mean, the other one that wasn't on there, but you've mentioned this before, and I have as well, is pain. So chronic pain. Pain, thank you. Pain is, I would say, the number one. So pain is certainly the one that there's the most amount of evidence for. Thank you.

I mean, you look at, I mean, the other one that wasn't on there, but you've mentioned this before, and I have as well, is pain. So chronic pain. Pain, thank you. Pain is, I would say, the number one. So pain is certainly the one that there's the most amount of evidence for. Thank you.

I would say when you talked about this in the previous podcast, you were mostly correct about this component of it in the sense that it's not that cannabis is a profound analgesic. It's that cannabis, it has some analgesic properties, but it's not like super sledgehammer in that sense. But what it does seem to do is it seems to strip away the affective component of pain to some degree.

I would say when you talked about this in the previous podcast, you were mostly correct about this component of it in the sense that it's not that cannabis is a profound analgesic. It's that cannabis, it has some analgesic properties, but it's not like super sledgehammer in that sense. But what it does seem to do is it seems to strip away the affective component of pain to some degree.

I would say when you talked about this in the previous podcast, you were mostly correct about this component of it in the sense that it's not that cannabis is a profound analgesic. It's that cannabis, it has some analgesic properties, but it's not like super sledgehammer in that sense. But what it does seem to do is it seems to strip away the affective component of pain to some degree.

And so what I have consistently heard from chronic pain patients when they use cannabis is they say, yeah, my pain's still there, but now the pain's background noise. So I can sleep at night. And just being able to sleep, I think, is actually providing a huge amount of the benefit to that community. But it's the day-to-day.

And so what I have consistently heard from chronic pain patients when they use cannabis is they say, yeah, my pain's still there, but now the pain's background noise. So I can sleep at night. And just being able to sleep, I think, is actually providing a huge amount of the benefit to that community. But it's the day-to-day.

And so what I have consistently heard from chronic pain patients when they use cannabis is they say, yeah, my pain's still there, but now the pain's background noise. So I can sleep at night. And just being able to sleep, I think, is actually providing a huge amount of the benefit to that community. But it's the day-to-day.

Like, they're able to function with the pain because it doesn't – they don't become focused on it the same way because they're able to kind of push it to the background. That seems to be the main – Ability of cannabis, I mean, yes, there's some mild analgesic properties to it to some degree, but it really seems to be much more of that component of it.

Like, they're able to function with the pain because it doesn't – they don't become focused on it the same way because they're able to kind of push it to the background. That seems to be the main – Ability of cannabis, I mean, yes, there's some mild analgesic properties to it to some degree, but it really seems to be much more of that component of it.

Like, they're able to function with the pain because it doesn't – they don't become focused on it the same way because they're able to kind of push it to the background. That seems to be the main – Ability of cannabis, I mean, yes, there's some mild analgesic properties to it to some degree, but it really seems to be much more of that component of it.

And I think you'd alluded to something like that in the previous podcast. You'd said something about how it's changing the emotional state of pain.

And I think you'd alluded to something like that in the previous podcast. You'd said something about how it's changing the emotional state of pain.

And I think you'd alluded to something like that in the previous podcast. You'd said something about how it's changing the emotional state of pain.

Yeah, so the pain thing, I think, is a central one. And that's one of the only ones that there's a little bit of actual research on. Most of it's either with isolated THC. I think there's one or two studies that have actually looked at smoke cannabis and found small signals of benefit. But so anxiety is an interesting one.