Doctors Prescribe Certain Opioids 20% Less in Medical Marijuana States, Study Finds

Merry Jane
May 29, 2020, 12:12 pm134 pts
Rates of certain opioid prescriptions are as much as 20 percent lower in states with legal medical cannabis than in prohibition states, a new study has found. The study, recently published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, explains that while “opioid prescriptions and abuse…

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