How Marijuana Can Help With OCD’s Compulsive Behaviors

‘Trichotillomania (TMM) is a disorder that involves pulling out of body hair. It isn’t just limited to scalp hair either – eyebrows, eyelashes and even arm hairs are not exempt. The disorder, which affects more than 200,000 Americans each year, is treatable, but let’s be real: traditional medications don’t always work.
But according to science, cannabis can be an alternative solution to the compulsive disorder. This is good news considering the psychiatric disorder has no FDA approved treatments yet.
In a 2011 pilot study, researchers administered 14 females with a mean age of 33, with 2.5 to 15 mg per day of the cannabis compound, dronabinol. This compound is usually used to treat nausea and vomiting in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.’
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