I do not see how replacing one addiction with another is an improvement.
I knew lots of pot heads back in the 60s-70s. Marijuana can be psychologically addicting. But it is not physically addictive. The opioids that doctors seem to be dispensing like candy are. I dont condone normal marijuana use but controlled in strength and dispensed in a non smoking form for people with chronic pain could be a way to go.
Amen. It does however make opioids less effective and requires the use of substances such as ketamine if regular users have an injury or surgery. But at least they are t using opioids......
I heard an interesting stat yesterday regarding opioids; Drs are writing less scripts than ever before, while at the same time opioid ODs are skyrocketing. So the crackdown has done two things; people who need opioids are being denied while addicts are turning to more deadly synthetics.
How about: thousands die every year from opioid overdose whereas there is not a single well documented case of death by cannabis overdose.
they’re kidding themselves...most druggies use multiple drugs....its never enough.....
Here’s how...
Opiates are a certain death - Marijuana is not.