Neuropathy is a generalized term which signifies exhibited symptoms of nerve damage in human beings—neuropathic pain is one of these symptoms. Neuropathy pain arises from a wide variety of sources that all stem from nerve injury, including: “diabetes mellitus…infections, alcoholism, traumatic injuries, autoimmune diseases, medications, infections, tumors, and inherited disorders”. Due to the aforementioned life afflictions, neuropathy manifests in different ways depending on the sort of nerve damage involved with each specific case. When a patient’s neuropathic symptoms are manifested in the form of physical pain, the resultant condition is often referred to under the umbrella term of “chronic pain”. Taken as a whole, neuropathy and neuropathic pain have no cure—modern day medical research into these disorders exists to better the lives of those patients suffering from these afflictions. For the most part, doctors and patients are looking to medical marijuana as a non-addictive, unobtrusive pain medication that stands in stark contradiction to opioids and other debilitating prescription drugs.

Studies And Debates: Medical Marijuana And Neuropathic Pain
In 2014 the World Congress assembled in Buenos Aires, Argentina to discuss the scientific validity of medical marijuana as a pain medicine—neuropathic pain was one of the disorders discussed at the assembly. Mark Ware, who works as “a pain clinician at McGill University, Montreal, Canada” represented the pro-cannabis side of the symposium. Interestingly, Ware argued that medical marijuana is beneficial in neurological pain management as THC and CBD react with the theoretical and somewhat contested endocannabinoid systems in the human body.

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