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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
It absolutely does relieve pain. When activated, the CB1 receptor provides pain relief, and cannabis also acts as an allosteric modulator of the mu and kappa opioid receptors, both of which provide analgesia.
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Right, but I can buy that opioids are BETTER purely for the level of pain relief. It's all the other side effects that make them less beneficial.
(I admittedly haven't ever had a significant pain issue nor used opioids though.)