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Elizabeth Warren asks CDC to consider legal marijuana as alternative painkiller
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/12/elizabeth-warren-medical-marijuana-painkiller-opioid-abuse ^
Posted on 02/12/2016 2:06:28 PM PST by beaversmom
Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to consider the role legal marijuana could play in the prescription opioid epidemic.
Warren asked for more research into medical marijuana and painkiller addiction in a letter to the CDC director, Thomas Friedan.
"Opioid abuse is a national concern and warrants swift and immediate action," Warren wrote.
Her request comes as politicians, including the presidential nominees, search for the best response to the opioid epidemic.
The use of prescription opioids doubled between 2000 and 2014, according to the CDC. And Massachusetts experienced its highest number of unintentional opioid overdose deaths in 2014, with nearly 1,100 people succumbing to overdose deaths.
Warren applauded the CDC's actions so far to curb the epidemic but called on the agency to look at whether medical marijuana could be an alternative painkiller.
She also urged the agency to quickly finalize its guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain and called for increased collaboration between the CDC and other federal health agencies to determine the long-term effects of opioid use in children and the increased use of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Nestled in with these recommendations is a call to consider the role of marijuana legalization in the crisis.
Specifically, Warren requested the agency to provide more information on "the use, uptake and effectiveness of medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids for pain treatment in states where it is legal".
She also asked them to look into "the impact of the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana on opioid overdose deaths".
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: cannabis; clearlythinking; drfeelgood; emotionalpain; escapism; fentanyl; giggle; marijuana; notapainkiller; opioids; pot; wod; worldpariah
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To: beaversmom; ConservingFreedom; dware; dainbramaged
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:07:20 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(I think it is obvious, feminism stops where Islam begins.)
To: beaversmom
like this country doesn’t have enough stoners and tweakers running around, gee thanks Senator.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:08:18 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
To: beaversmom
between the CDC and other federal health agencies “
Hey Pocohontas, the CDC is a privately owned company
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:09:15 PM PST
by
Cyman
To: txnativegop; beaversmom
all part of the plan......keep the masses stoned.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:12:16 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
To: txnativegop
You support national prohibition? Which section of the Constitution delegates that authority to fedgov?
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:14:01 PM PST
by
Ken H
To: beaversmom
White man hook-um red brother on firewater ... Indian hook-um white man on tobacco ... white man hook-um red brother on wampum ... Indian hook-um white man on weed ... it all work-um out in the end!
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:16:10 PM PST
by
Zakeet
(Make Chelsea Clinton the new ambassador to Lybia. What difference does it make?)
To: beaversmom
The only thing marijuana does is make you stupid ,nothing else
To: beaversmom
Elizabeth Warren: “Let them smoke pot.”
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:21:59 PM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: beaversmom
Broken clock, and all that.
To: beaversmom
Just smoke two blunts and call me in the morning...
If you remember, that is...
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:24:35 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: beaversmom
...and how about wampum as alternative money?
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:26:49 PM PST
by
Baynative
(The people promising to raise taxes and support abortion are already rich and already born.)
To: txnativegop
we already have enough dopes, and now she wants more.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:30:22 PM PST
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: manc
Trying to increase her voting base, perhaps?
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:31:19 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
To: butlerweave
I’ll assume no one you know has gone through chemotherapy. Even so, surprised anyone doesn’t know.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:31:49 PM PST
by
sakic
To: txnativegop; manc; ColdOne
like this country doesn't have enough stonersOpiate addicts are preferable?
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:34:07 PM PST
by
ConservingFreedom
(Trump fans:'he's no more conservative than Mitt'-www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3389209/posts)
To: butlerweave
The National Academy of Sciennces' Institute of Medicine reports: "there are patients with debilitating symptoms for whom smoked marijuana might provide relief. [...] Until a nonsmoked rapid-onset cannabinoid drug delivery system becomes available, we acknowledge that there is no clear alternative for people suffering from chronic conditions that might be relieved by smoking marijuana, such as pain or AIDS wasting." - Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base (1999)
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:35:04 PM PST
by
ConservingFreedom
(Trump fans:'he's no more conservative than Mitt'-www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3389209/posts)
To: ConservingFreedom
of course not, how will pot and opiates be. they will use both.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:37:15 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
To: ConservingFreedom
there is no difference between the two.
Let me qualify that statement: stoners eat a lot, pill-heads just lay around a lot.
Neither is useful to anyone in this country.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:37:40 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
To: txnativegop
well there are enough dopes to vote for her for sure.
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posted on
02/12/2016 2:38:37 PM PST
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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