Legal Medical Marijuana Associated With Lower Opioid Use Rates, Another Study Finds

Marijuana Moment
By Kyle JaegerJan 28, 2019, 3:24 pm274 pts
Legal access to medical marijuana is associated with lower rates of moderate and high-risk opioid use, according to a recent study—the latest in a string of research to come to the same conclusion. Researchers analyzed prescription data on nearly 5 million people from 2006 to 2014, and they found that patients…

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