January 23, 2025

Like all medicine, we have to go through clinical trials to prove wether or not the medicine actually helps and to make  sure it doesn't have side effects.  Recently, Ketucky has approved medical marijuana for many conditions, but dementia comfort care in the later stages of disease is not one of those indications. Could cannabis help dementia patients with anxiety, agitation and depression? Researchers at the UK College of Medicine and the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are exploring if THC and CBD compounds could benefit those individuals. 

Watch the segment here.  

Download the LiBBY clinical trial flyer here