Will be over the age of 65. That means more people requiring more frequent and advanced medical care, which often means more pills. But theres a growing movement in the medical and the Scientific Community thats urging less pills and more plants. They look at marijuana as a potential life changer for those suffering from agerelated conditions like chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, even alzheimers disease. But does cannabis really work for seniors and is it safe . Over the next hour, cnns dr. Sanjay gupta takes us Around The World as he speaks to skeptics and advocates who are studying cannabis. Sanjay also meets with older users who say their Quality Of Life has quill proved because of marijuana. April 2023. Its a Picture Perfect spring morning near the Southern California coastline. Then well hear from seniorfriendly brands with recommendations and introductioned for you about it. Reporter a scene is unfolding that i can hardly believe. We made our way to laguna woods. This is a Retire
lead to physical outbursts. harmush thought the same thing might be happening in dementia patients, leading to behavioral outbursts. evidekel was tested in so many clinical trials. reporter: so with the help of lihi bar lev shurleiter they put it to the test. 60 patients, average age 79, half got tikun olam s cannabis oil, which is 30% cbd and 1% thc. the other half got a placebo. and no one knew who got which. after 16 weeks there were no serious side effects in either group. but the cannabis group had significantly reduced agitation. they also found something that surprised them. in some of the cases patieients
very different. lihi bar lev shurlater is the director of research here. this will be reporter: she s also one of the reasons israel has been such a world leader in medicinal marijuana. for us back then it was everything we wanted to achieve, but that study led us to different understanding of the treatment in the elderly. reporter: the final research results were published in 2020, and they found a sharp improvement in the patients medical conditions and a decrease in prescription drug usage. once again, more plants. less pharma. where does israel stand with regard to using cannabis in seniors compared to the rest of the world? that we can work in a general hospital, we can provide