STUDENT: Meera Ghataney

ADVISOR: Khalid Almasloukh

ABSTRACT:

This is a systematic review research paper. This study focuses on effect of using medical marijuana on people with chronic pain compare to drugs with opioids by using four to five pre-existing, peer-reviewed, evidence based studies. In 2019 the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) conducted a survey on adults, asking about chronic pain experienced in the previous three months. They found that 20.4% of adults suffered from chronic pain, and 7.4% of adults with chronic pain found that it limited their life or work activities (Zelaya et al., 2020). Although, opioids have been one of the most effective drugs of choice for pain management, the side effects are enormous. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2019 in the United States, and two in three of these overdose deaths involved opioids (2021).One of the alternative for chronic pain management is medical marijuana. This study is looking at if medical marijuana is a affective alternatives compare to medical marijuana.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, October 19). Pain. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved March 1, 2022, from https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects/chronic-pain.html

Zelaya, C. E., & Dahlhamer, J. M., & Lucas, J. W., & Connor, E. M. (2020, November) National Center for Health Statistics. Chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain among U.S. adults, 2019, NCHS Data Brief No. 390. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db390.htm