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Marijuana Provides More Pain Relief For Men Than Woman, Says Study (psypost.org)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PsyPost: Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) found that men had greater pain relief than women after smoking marijuana. In this study, the researchers analyzed data from two double-blinded, placebo-controlled studies looking at the analgesic effects of cannabis in 42 recreational marijuana smokers. After smoking the same amount of either an active or placebo form of cannabis, the participants immersed one hand in a a cold-water bath until the pain could no longer be tolerated. Following the immersion, the participants answered a short pain questionnaire. After smoking active cannabis, men reported a significant decrease in pain sensitivity and an increase in pain tolerance. Women did not experience a significant decrease in pain sensitivity, although they reported a small increase in pain tolerance shortly after smoking. "These findings come at a time when more people, including women, are turning to the use of medical cannabis for pain relief," said Ziva Cooper, PhD, associate professor of clinical neurobiology (in psychiatry) at CUMC. "Preclinical evidence has suggested that the experience of pain relief from cannabis-related products may vary between sexes, but no studies have been done to see if this is true in humans." You can view the results of the study online in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Even marijuana is sexist!!!
when I fire up a spliff the wife leaves the house, taking most of my pain away.
If they really want to test pain tolerance in males, there's no need for this kind of pussy subjective "how do you feel" questions. They should let the participants take the drug and then kick them in the nuts when they least expect it. Record the duration of obscenities yelled and the volume of vomit. Bingo: objective study.
"Marijuana Provides More Pain Relief For Men than Woman"... well yeah.. obviously - a woman CAUSES pain for most men. They don't do much to cure it, so this doesn't surprise me at all. And I suspect this is especially true for gay men. I hope however that these results do not rewsult in a ban or some kind of prohibition on women- I'm straight so I do need women, no matter how ineffective they are at curing pain.
Well... according to the study it works for submerging your hand in an ice water bath. If that's what you were using the aspirin for then you're in luck (provided you're male).
It would be funny if they found out that it wasn't the cannabis that was easing the pain, but the large bag of pork rinds, Big Gulp and pint of Ben & Jerry's that you chase it with.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Also, they were only told their sex after the experiment
What kind of pain will it work on?
I have found it works really well on mental anguish inflicted by pointy haired bosses and ass hat-wearing peers
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have backups to corrupt.