Does Marijuana Help With Pain?

Hello, it’s Tiffany in New York. We often think of marijuana as a good option for pain relief, but the truth is a little more complicated. But first…

Marijuana use increases the amount of pain people experience after surgery, and their consumption of opioids to cope with it, according to a provocative recent study. The study adds to the increasingly conflicted research on whether marijuana is actually good for one of the main things it’s supposed to help: pain.