In a study published in 16 Oct 1975 from 'The New England Journal of Medicine', oral THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) was compared with placebo in a controlled, randomized, "double-blind" experiment.
All patients were receiving chemotherapeutic drugs known to cause nausea and vomiting of central origin. Each patient was to serve as his own control to determine whether tetrahydrocannabinol had an antiemetic effect. Twenty-two patients entered the study, 20 of whom were evaluable. For all patients an antiemetic effect was observed in 14 of 20 tetrahydrocannabinol courses and in none of 22 placebo courses.
For patients completing the study, response occurred in 12 of 15 courses of tetrahydrocannabinol and in none of 14 courses of placebo. No patient vomited while experiencing a subjective "high."
Oral tetrahydrocannabinol has antiemetic properties and is significantly better than a placebo in reducing vomiting caused by chemotherapeutic agents.
"Just realize that this study is from 1975... but still we searching for evidence"
Source: https://www.nejm.org
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