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ReviewJournal of addiction2015

The Cannabis Dilemma: A Review of Its Associated Risks and Clinical Efficacy.

Melvyn Weibin Zhang, Roger C M Ho

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Review in Journal of addiction, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Systematic review and meta-analysis of cannabinoids in palliative medicine.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2018
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  6. Cannabis use and post-operative complications in patients undergoing pancreatic resection.HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association · 2023
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  16. Cannabis for Chronic Pain: Not Ready for Prime Time.American journal of public health · 2019
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  18. Potential of Endocannabinoids to Control Bladder Pain.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Melvyn Weibin ZhangNational Addiction Management Service, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore 539747.
Roger C M HoDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119054.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cannabis, also known as marijuana, has 9-tetrahydrocannabinol as the main constituent. There has been strict legislation governing the utilization of cannabis locally and worldwide. However, there has been an increasing push to make cannabis legalized, in view of its potential medical and therapeutic effects, for various medical disorders ranging from development disorders to cancer treatment, and being an adjunctive medication for various neurological conditions. It is the aim of this review paper to explore the evidence base for its proposed therapeutic efficacy and to compare the evidence base supporting its proposed therapeutic efficacy with its known and well-researched medical and psychiatric side effects.

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PMID26539302
PMCPMC4619948

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