Legal Marijuana States Have Lower Opioid Use, New Studies Show

Marijuana Moment
By Tom AngellApr 2, 2018, 11:00 am421 ptsTop
Letting people legally access marijuana appears to reduce reliance on addictive opioids, two new studies published by the American Medical Association find. “Medical cannabis laws are associated with significant reductions in opioid prescribing in the Medicare Part D population,” concludes one paper from…

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