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Consider cannabis use when assessing middle-aged and older patients with HIV, say US ...

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 06/19/2015 - 08:00

Recent cannabis (marijuana) use by middle-aged HIV-positive adults is associated with poor mental health quality of life, lack of social engagement and under- and unemployment, investigators from the United States report in the June 1st edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

The cross-sectional (snap-shot) design of the study meant that the authors were unable to say for certain if use of cannabis was the cause or just a symptom of these health problems. “We are unable to determine whether the association between RMU [recent marijuana use] and lower QOL [quality of life] is the result of lower social functioning choosing to use or self-medicate with marijuana, whether the use of marijuana leads to lower social functioning, or both,” explain the investigators. Nevertheless, they believe their findings have implications for the care of older HIV-positive patients and that those reporting use of cannabis should have mental health and social support...

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