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.
WWE. Tragic: Sean OâHaire has been found dead aged just 43. Former WWE wrestling superstar Sean O'Haire was found hanged after taking his own life, according to US reports. American gossip site TMZ claims local police discovered the 43-year-old's body in the bedroom of his home in South Carolina.