Medical cannabis can be an alternative to traditional treatments. It is becoming an increasingly preferred treatment for patients with chronic back pain. For example, conventional medications can cause a multitude of side effects like nausea, his explanation stomach upset, ulcers and gastric bleeding. Medical marijuana does not have the same associated side effects. Here are some ways with medical marijuana can help treat back pain: “Honestly, the best advice is to talk to your primary care physician about possible treatments for chronic pain,” McDonagh concludes. “If you want to consider cannabis, you need to talk to your doctor.” Should physicians recommend cannabis to their patients with intractable pain? That was the underlying question put forward in a session at the World Congress on Pain in Buenos Aires. The turnout for the debate-style session was high, a reflection of the interest in the topic, said session chair Dwight Moulin, Western University, London, Canada. (The debate did not consider the political or legal aspects of medical marijuana, which, in fact, remains against the law in most places in the world.)