News » Study To Better Understand Cannabis Withdrawal Launched





Researchers at the University of New South Wales have begun a study that may help those addicted to marijuana kick the habit. Although marijuana has no recognized medical syndrome (pathology) for withdrawal, psychological research says that cannabis is addicting mentally.

Taking that as truth, the UNSW researchers are studying a group of participants who are already heavy cannabis smokers. The leading researcher, Dr. Melissa Norberg, hopes that the study will give them a better understanding of marijuana withdrawal symptoms and thus better insight into how to treat it.

And for anyone wondering, yes, the study hopes to eventually lead to a pharmaceutical for treating the withdrawal.

[source ABC News]

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