M-A | Placebo response and media attention in randomized clinical trials assessing cannabis-based therapies for pain.

Placebo Response and Media Attention in Randomized Clinical Trials Assessing Cannabis-Based Therapies for Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Network Open

News Release: Positive media coverage of cannabis studies regardless of therapeutic effect – Karolinska Institutet

Commentaries: 

Cannabis is no better than a placebo for treating pain – new research – The Conversation

Media Coverage, Placebo Response Linked to Pain Relief Seen in Cannabinoid Trials – Psychiatric News Alert

Commentary on Twitter

Cannabinoid clinical trials for pain generate relatively high media attention despite low effect sizes, which may help shape placebo responses in subsequent trials. https://t.co/sINTpeGeMO

— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) November 28, 2022