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Elderly people should take marijuana to ease aches and pains, study claims

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Marijuana. [Photo:File]

Medical marijuana eases pain, anxiety and sleep disorders in elderly people with neurological conditions, according to new research.

After just four months it helps those caused by chronic disorders including Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease and spinal cord or nerve damage.

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