Cannabis therapy can reduce the use of ADHD medication
April 23, 2020
According to a study by the biological faculty at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, the consumption of medical cannabis is associated with a reduction in the use of ADHD medication in patients who have been diagnosed with the syndrome.
Israeli researchers interviewed 59 ADHD patients who were licensed by the Ministry of Health to access medical cannabis products. They reported that the use of medical cannabis, and in particular products that dominate the cannabinoid cannabinol (CBN), was associated with drug-saving effects.
The results suggest that some ADHD patients could use cannabis as a replacement for more conventional medicines, the researchers concluded. They added: While these results are not causal, they could provide information about the potential positive effects of medical cannabis on the severity of ADHD symptoms and motivate future prospective studies to validate our results and possibly even consider ADHD to make it an approved indication for the medical cannabis license in Israel in the future.
According to a study by the biological faculty at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, the consumption of medical cannabis is associated with a reduction in the use of ADHD medication in patients who have been diagnosed with the syndrome.
Israeli researchers interviewed 59 ADHD patients who were licensed by the Ministry of Health to access medical cannabis products. They reported that the use of medical cannabis, and in particular products that dominate the cannabinoid cannabinol (CBN), was associated with drug-saving effects.
The results suggest that some ADHD patients could use cannabis as a replacement for more conventional medicines, the researchers concluded. They added: While these results are not causal, they could provide information about the potential positive effects of medical cannabis on the severity of ADHD symptoms and motivate future prospective studies to validate our results and possibly even consider ADHD to make it an approved indication for the medical cannabis license in Israel in the future.