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Figure 3. Patient-reported assessments of the effect of cannabis on common symptoms of malaise. Regarding muscle, bone, and joint pain, nearly 50% reported substantial improvement with cannabis use (green bars) and an additional ~34% reported slight improvement (yellow bars). A single patient with muscle pain felt worse. After subtracting the patients who had no pre-cannabis complaints of anxiety or depression (~28%), roughly equal numbers of patients reported significant or slight improvement. Regarding fatigue, 17.6% reported substantial improvement, 25.5% reported slight improvement, and 9.8% reported worsening (red bars). For bleeding and breathing problems, seizures, and vision problems, reports of improvement or worsening were negligible, as 84%-94% reported either “no effect” or “not applicable”.