Can Medical Cannabis Help End The Opioid National Crisis? Another Study Confirms Its Potential

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By Nina Zdinjak, BenzingaMay 19, 2021, 11:42 pm137 pts
Every year, more and more people in the U.S. and Canada die from opioid-involved overdoses. In 2019 alone, nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. lost their lives due to opioid misuse, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The opioid epidemic is real and is considered a public health crisis. Healthcare…

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