A survey on marijuana use among orthopedic patients showed many believe marijuana is beneficial for managing pain and other medical conditions.

Geoffrey S. Marecek, MD, and colleagues used a voluntary questionnaire to collect patient demographics as well as the frequency of, methods of and reasons for marijuana use among 275 patients undergoing orthopedic surgery.

Researchers categorized patients as marijuana users if they had used marijuana in the past year.

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