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Terpene Teachings: UA releases study on the “entourage effect” with an eye to reducing side effects for pain treatment

By David Abbott

While cannabis remains illegal on a federal level, the push for legalization at the state level has opened the door to more studies of marijuana's effect. To that end, the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center recently released a study of terpenes and the so-called "entourage effect," showing promise for future treatments that could prove more effective for pain treatment in cancer patients...

John Streicher, PhD, a member of the Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, said the findings answered some basic science questions that allowed him to advance the research moving forward. “Now, we're getting into the therapeutic question—what's a good drug to give to a person to help them control their pain?”
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