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Can marijuana treat MS symptoms? It's hard for researchers to find out

  • Written by Thorsten Rudroff, Assistant Professor and Director of Integrative Neurophysiology Lab, Colorado State University
imageA woman with MS leaves a licensed medical cannabis dispensary in Illinois. AP Photo/Seth Perlman

An estimated 400,000 Americans are currently living with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune cells attack a fatty substance called myelin in the nerves. Common symptoms are gait and balance disorders, cognitive...

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