Cannabis for the Management of Pain: Assessment of Safety Study (COMPASS)

2015244 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Mark A. Ware · McGill University

Tongtong Wang · McGill University

Stan Shapiro · Jewish General Hospital

Jean‐Paul Collet · University of British Columbia

Aline Boulanger · Western University

John M. Esdaile · Western University

Allan Gordon ·

Abstract

This study evaluated the safety of cannabis use by patients with chronic pain over 1 year. The study found that there was a higher rate of adverse events among cannabis users compared with controls but not for serious adverse events at an average dose of 2.5 g herbal cannabis per day.

Topics & Keywords

Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Poisoning and overdose treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Pain

Volume 16, Issue 12, pp. 1233-1242

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.07.014

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