The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7164 p313-316
8 September 2001

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Cannabis spray is effective for pain

Initial trials with a sublingual spray of cannabis extracts have shown it to be effective at relieving pain, the British Association for the Advancement of Science was told at its conference in Glasgow on 3 September.

Speaking during a session organised by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Dr William Notcutt, consultant anaesthetist, James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth, said that 17 of 23 patients said that it eased their pain or helped them to sleep. Two saw no benefit and two complained of side effects.

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