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.
Hall of Fame Mets catcher Gary Carter died Thursday at age 57 after his battle with brain cancer. (AP) Gary Carter, a Hall of Fame catcher and key component of the Metsâ 1986 world championship team, died Thursday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 57.