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Medical Marijuana and Alzheimer's. Several research studies have been performed to gauge the effectiveness of cannabis to treat Alzheimer's patients. Results have been mixed, but seem to lean toward proving that there is a beneficial impact on Alzheimer's from marijuana use.
Infrequent marijuana users also had more evidence of gum disease than nonusers, but not as much as frequent users. Earlier data from the Dunedin trial showed cigarette smoking to be a strong risk factor for gum disease in the study participants, who were then in their mid-20s.