By Mia De Graaf Health Editor In Nashville For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:02 BST, 2 May 2019 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 2 May 2019
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Most women say they would use cannabis to treat menstrual cramps and other kinds of gynecological pain, according to a new survey.
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University interviewed more than 1,000 women across the US.
Sixty percent had used cannabis, mostly (36 percent) to treat pain, depression and anxiety.
Those who hadn't used the drug were not staunchly against it.
In fact, nearly two-thirds of the women who've never used cannabis (63 percent) said they would take the drug in a bid to ease their period pain or while getting IUD - a contraceptive implants - inserted.
The findings, being presented this week at the annual conference for the American College of Gynecology, come as states across the US take years considering whether to add dysmenorrhea - severe menstrual cramps - as a condition for which doctors could prescribe medical marijuana.
