Getting Off Opioids with Medical Marijuana: Patients Turn to Pot Over Pills

Cannabis Culture
By Nadia Kounang, CNNApr 29, 2018, 10:17 pm11 pts
In 2016, opioids killed more Americans than breast cancer. The drug overdose epidemic has become one of the most concerning public health issues of recent time, and in an effort to stem the tide, more and more patients and doctors are turning to pot over pills. For much of the past two decades, 51-year-old…

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