Compounds responsible for the aroma of cannabis and many other plants may offer a surprising new way to relieve chronic pain. Researchers found that several cannabis-derived terpenes significantly reduced pain in mouse models of fibromyalgia and post-surgical pain, with one terpene, geraniol, showing especially strong effects. Unlike THC, these compounds are not associated with psychoactive effects, making them a potentially attractive alternative for pain treatment.
But if you have cannabis without the high, you could use that instead and be safer.
I’d love to have the option as a medical marijuana user. Not as punishment for having pain, but for having more options.
Yeah look, I don’t it’s a bad thing at all, I know this would benefit many people