American Pain Society. Summary: The growing body of evidence that marijuana (cannabis) may be effective as a pain reliever has been expanded with publication of a new study in The Journal of Pain reporting that patients with nerve pain showed reduced pain intensity from smoking marijuana. Researchers examined whether marijuana produces analgesia for patients with neuropathic pain.
Ron O'Neal, whose role as a fashionable and fearless drug dealer in the 1972 blaxploitation film Superfly made him a cult hero among many African Americans, has died. He was 66. Mr. O'Neal, who suffered from pancreatic cancer, died Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Thurmond died at the age of 74 on Saturday, July 16, 2016, after a battle with leukemia. Nate Thurmond, in his role as a Community Ambassador, talks with fans prior to a Warriors game against Houston in 2013. Thurmond died at the age of 74 on Saturday, July 16, 2016, after a battle with leukemia.