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Marijuana has therapeutic benefits for adults with disabilities and is commonly utilized to manage pain and other symptoms, a new government-funded study shows.
“Cannabis use is prevalent across disability domains and the majority of respondents note they use cannabis to help with pain and to relax or relieve tension,” the researchers wrote.
More than one in five people surveyed said they currently use cannabis—and the most commonly reported reason was relief of pain, at over 70 percent. More than 60 percent said marijuana helps to relax or relieve tension.
“Specific medical reasons for using cannabis included assistance with health-related conditions such as migraines, nausea, muscle spasms, seizures, mental health concerns, and sleep disturbances,” the researchers wrote.
The data and results were derived from the National Survey on Health and Disability, an annual measure of nearly 2,000 people who self-identify as living with a disability.
The authors, affiliated with George Mason University and the University of Nevada, noted the methodology took into account participants’ self-reported limitations, including disabilities related to cognition, hearing, independent living, mobility, self-care and vision. The study was published in the November 2025 issue of the Disability and Health Journal.
The researchers issued a note of caution regarding the study’s potential limitations, emphasizing that data were self-reported.
“The cannabis use reason question does not ask specifically why respondents are currently using cannabis, and therefore respondents may have endorsed reasons for cannabis use in the past,” they wrote, adding that “the sample is not a representative sample and is majority white, female, college-educated, and affluent; therefore, the generalizability of these results to other demographics is unknown.”
The study was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, an agency within the National Institutes of Health.
“We found that approximately one fifth of adults with disabilities had reported using cannabis currently.”
Beyond cannabis’s direct effect in easing the symptoms of people with disabilities, legalization is helping in other ways. In recent years, for example, Colorado officials have prioritized funding programs for disabled communities with revenue generated by cannabis sales—most recently with an auction for marijuana-themed license plates.
Aaron Houston is a veteran strategist, journalist and advocate in cannabis and drug policy reform, with more than two decades of experience at the intersection of science, law and politics. He has advised members of Congress, the White House and major medical associations and played a pivotal role in enacting the first federal medical cannabis law in U.S. history. A former director of government relations at the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy and chief strategist at Weedmaps, Aaron has appeared on CNN, NBC’s Today Show and The Colbert Report. He was also featured in the original Showtime documentary In Pot We Trust. During his time at MPP, he served as the in-house expert on the pharmacokinetics, toxicology and metabolism of THC and its impact on driving ability, supervising a grant to study such effects. Aaron has been named a “Rising Star of Politics” and “Influencer 50” by Campaigns and Elections Magazine. Aaron’s passion for harm reduction led him to work in homeless services, where he has personally delivered thousands of doses of the life-saving opioid-reversal drug naloxone.
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