Pot for Pain: Patients in Colorado and Illinois Could Soon Trade Opioid Prescriptions for Cannabis

Merry Jane
Apr 27, 2018, 1:15 pm9 pts
Responding to the nation's opioid addiction crisis and the overwhelming data suggesting that medical marijuana can aid in both pain relief and rehabilitation, state lawmakers in Colorado and Illinois have introduced far-reaching legislation to try and replace dangerous prescription painkillers with the…

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