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Cannabis Users Need More Anesthetic During Surgery than Nonusers Anecdotal evidence suggests that cannabis users require more anesthetic at the beginning of surgery than those who do not use the substance. As such, researchers set out to find whether this is the same across all anesthetic types or just specific varieties.  For their study, the researchers reviewed medical records from 118 patients from the same hospital in Colorado who had surgery for a broken leg between January 2015 and Nove...