San Diego: A new study accomplished by University of California has revealed that consuming cannabis in higher quantities for curative purposes may actually increase pain instead of reducing it.

The study results will be released in the November issue of ‘Anesthesiology.’

The results showed that the pain reducing effect of cannabis hinges upon the actual quantity consumed by a person.

The scientists signed up a group of 15 strong volunteers. They were induced pain by inserting capsaicin in their skin. Capsaicin is the burning substance, which is found in chilli peppers and is a standard constituent used in pain analyses.

Each volunteer was given cannabis to smoke. The dose potency was settled by the tetrahydrocannabinol content that is the cannabis’s main active. In contrast, a few volunteers were given placebo.

None of the drug quantities had affected pain undergone five minutes after smoking cannabis. There was a significant reduction in pain after 45 minutes of smoking moderate amount of the drug.

On the contrary, those who smoked cannabis in higher quantity said their pain worsens.

The study’s lead researcher Dr. Mark Wallace thinks that the results could have implications en route the drug is presented for medicinal use.