The use of cannabis may produce clinical and endoscopic improvements in patients with moderately active ulcerative colitis, according to a small study from Israel.
In the study, 28 men and women with ulcerative colitis smoked either two joints of cannabis or placebo daily for eight weeks. Patients who used the drug reported feeling better and had less colonic inflammation. These patients also had a larger decrease in a disease activity index (DAI) score than those who used the placebo. Levels of