Legalization of Medicinal Marijuana Has Minimal Impact on Use Patterns in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Marijuana use patterns among patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
BACKGROUND The prevalence and perceived effectiveness of marijuana use has not been well studied in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) despite increasing legal permission for its use in Crohn's disease. Health care providers have little guidance about the IBD symptoms that may improve with marijuana use. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics, and per...
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عنوان ژورنال: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1078-0998,1536-4844
DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izy141