Marijuana pills fail to ease dementia symptoms

Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 15:03 in Health & Medicine

Pills containing an extract of marijuana do not significantly ease some of dementia's most difficult symptoms, including agitation, aggression and nighttime wandering, says the largest-ever study testing the safety and effectiveness of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on elderly dementia patients.

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