A new study of medical marijuana patients in Minnesota finds that people with cancer who used cannabis “report significant improvements in cancer-related symptoms.” Nevertheless, it notes that the high cost of marijuana can be burdensome to less financially stable patients and raise “questions about affordability of and access to this therapy.”

In addition to asking questions about patients’ cancer histories, cannabis use and symptom changes, the survey also included sociodemographic questions.

Patients who were not living comfortably under their current income also tended to be enrolled in the state’s medical cannabis program for longer, make marijuana purchases more frequently and use more high-THC products versus their more financially comfortable counterparts.

Read the full article HERE.