"If you take chronic pain, a symptom many people suffer of, cannabis is often used for it", explains Chong. Pain is the main reason for using cannabis products, emphasizes Thylmann, too. He claims that while it is often said that it hasn't a lot of use, it's just the studies which are missing here, proving the effectiveness.
For Cohen it is important to make the difference between THC and CBD clear - THC makes people high, but CBD can help against pain. CBD is possible in many forms, from ice cream to cigarettes - and the more countries are legalizing it, the more possibilities surfacae her, too. But legal restrictions make it more complicated right now, in many countries.