Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com.
As marijuana use becomes more common in the United States, many people with chronic medical conditions such as Parkinson’s disease wonder whether this substance will prove helpful or harmful.
“Have any of you tried marijuana to alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms?” asked one member of MyParkinsonsTeam. “I have never smoked in my life, much less marijuana.”
Many MyParkinsonsTeam members have said that they’ve used marijuana — or cannabis — products. One U.S.-based survey of people with Parkinson’s disease, published in NPJ Parkinson’s Disease, found that about 1 out of 4 respondents had tried cannabis within the past six months. However, another survey, published in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, reported that 73 percent of those with the condition had tried some type of cannabis product for medicinal purposes.
