New study shows marijuana might help HIV patients

The stereotypical pot user isn’t exactly known to be mentally sharp, but new research has found that the drug might do just that — for HIV patients, at least. That’s the takeaway from a new study published in the journal AIDS that found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) may help slow mental decline in people with HIV. Mental decline is a big concern for people with HIV — it affects up to 50 percent of patients with the disease, lead study author Norbert Kaminski, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Michigan State University, tells Yahoo Lifestyle.