Could medical marijuana help in sickle cell disease?
Patients using the drug have fewer hospital admissions on average, shows US research
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Medical-marijuana use is tied to a reduction in hospital admissions among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), new US findings show.
At present five of the 33 states in the country that allow medical marijuana list SCD as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis.