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.
Thursday 17 July 2014 12.59 EDT First published on Thursday 17 July 2014 12.59 EDT. The story of the blues and rock guitarist Johnny Winter, who has died suddenly aged 70, is both a cautionary tale and a lesson in how to stay true to your own instincts.