Medical Marijuana

Reviewed 06/2019

BASICS

Medical marijuana refers to the use of cannabis or cannabinoids as medical therapy to treat disease or alleviate symptoms.

DESCRIPTION

Marijuana contains >100 pharmacologically active compoun...

TREATMENT

In order to qualify for medical marijuana in states where it is legal, patients have to fail first- and second-line therapies, including an FDA-approved cannabinoid, and cannot have a substa...

ONGOING CARE

Side effects
- Dizziness, dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, somnolence, disorientation, drowsiness, confusion, loss of balance, and hallucination
- Acute psychological effects include eupho...

REFERENCES

Whiting PF, Wolff RF, Deshpande S, et al. Cannabinoids for medical use: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2015;313(24):2456–2473. [View Abstract on OvidMedline]

Koppel BS,...

ADDITIONAL READING

Donnelly J, Young M. The legalization of medical/recreational marijuana: implications for school health drug education programs. J Sch Health. 2018;88(9):693–698. [View Abstra...

CODES

ICD10

F12.90 Cannabis use, unspecified, uncomplicated

SNOMED

723949005 Cannabis therapy

CLINICAL PEARLS

There is scant robust clinical evidence supporting benefits of medical marijuana, and little to no evidence that alternate formulations have increased benefits compared to FDA-approved...

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