In some countries, marijuana is sold as a medicine, which helps with certain ailments, including Parkinson's disease, HIV/AIDS, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis. In the list of diseases for release of medical marijuana often appear and dementia, or dementia. However, according to the latest research by Dutch scientists, the results of which were published in the journal Neurology, patients with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in the medical properties of marijuana are not need — it simply doesn't help.

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In some countries, marijuana is sold as a medicine, which helps with certain ailments, including Parkinson's disease, HIV/AIDS, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis. In the list of diseases for release of medical marijuana often appear and dementia, or dementia. However, according to the latest research by Dutch scientists, the results of which were published in the journal Neurology, patients with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in the medical properties of marijuana are not need — it simply doesn't help.

Early studies on mice and humans have shown that THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, one of the main active component of marijuana) can alleviate some of the symptoms that accompany dementia, including the regulation of motility. Study co-author Marcel Olde Rickert medical center Radboud University believes that the positive impact of medical marijuana on patients with dementia are slightly exaggerated. This is because all previous studies were not carried out as extensively, and some improvement in patients caused by the placebo effect.

these findings were made by researchers on the basis of long-term tests conducted on different groups of patients. However, it is unlikely that the doctors would rush to eliminate "weed" out prescriptions for his patients, as existing antipsychotic drugs and does carry dangerous side effects.