Posted on 02/05/2018 3:25:42 PM PST by Ken H
Abstract
Recent work finds that medical marijuana laws reduce the daily doses filled for opioid analgesics among Medicare Part-D and Medicaid enrollees, as well as population-wide opioid overdose deaths. We replicate the result for opioid overdose deaths and explore the potential mechanism.
The key feature of a medical marijuana law that facilitates a reduction in overdose death rates is a relatively liberal allowance for dispensaries. As states have become more stringent in their regulation of dispensaries, the protective value generally has fallen. These findings suggest that broader access to medical marijuana facilitates substitution of marijuana for powerful and addictive opioids.
This paper was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the RAND Corporation (R01DA032693).
That’s a good, Marvin. Very good, indeed :)
Your story mirrors mine.
God Bless You!
They could produce a product that is in gel cap form minus the HIGH and make a profit if it were just for PAIN.
Pot does NOT work on GI nor NEUROPATHY pain. Not even Dilauded does that. I’ve had to much experience with both to know. Saturday had a Divertiuclitis attack out of the blue, that ER visit saw a lower dose of Dilauded than normal, didn’t phase the GI pain one bit nor the Neuropathy pain it flared. Got sent home with just a big 875 Mg dose of Amoxicillian for 10 days, liquid diet to rest gastro track, see your Gastro in 2 days....yeah, first appointment is 2/21 as a ER workin.
But they will over sedate Nursing home patients. Nursing homes sedate residents with dementia misusing antipsychotic drugs
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/health/nursing-homes-dementia-antipsychotic-drugs/index.html
“Pot does NOT work on GI nor NEUROPATHY pain. “
I have a dear friend who uses medical cannabis products here in Florida to treat her neuropathy pain. She’s able to sleep now she tells me & she is able to get through her work day without issue since she started using cannabis.
It’s my experience that cannabis doesn’t work for everyone & not for every condition(s). Sure would be nice if the prohibition against studying cannabis was completely lifted so we could know more sooner.
That and Kratoom too.
MMJ is not legal in TN, nor likely to be, I’ve tried Kratoom Bali Red, not had much luck finding the right dosage. I’d be nice if I could, I’ve had 13 Neuropathy drug reactions, the 14th is Valium generic and it actually works with no side effects. But as you know the new CDC Opoiod laws are getting hit, it’s a class 4, same as Xanax which is way more addictive and scripted like it’s candy. Valium treats muscles/seisures where Xanax is panic/anxiety way different issues.
IDIOT APN refused to renew my script, just cold turkeyed me on the few pills I had left. Her license was more important than my health. Needless to say she is now FIRED. It was a 3 internist practice, 1 medically retired, 1 quit, they moved her to that slot. #3 is near retirement. Makes it look like you doctor shop even if it’s the same practice which changed names to boot when it merged into Methodist umbrella.
Sorry you are hurting. I pray you find relief asap!
Hate what prohibition & the insane War on Drugs has done to our limit our liberty that folks cannot legally seeks legitimate pain relief in America.
FDA labeld Kratoom a Opoiod. Yes it’s insane, some of it witch hunts on doctors who truly care, others it’s profit driven/Fraud. They just arrested a female doc and assistant she was treating patients high on Coke assistant complicite. 6 in PA drug dealers at the same time.
Then you have the VA still over scripting and Nursing homes doping patients in the news.
GI issues are a product of OA drugs, every one of the Meds are FDA Black Boxed for GI/Heart. Which means both for me. They don’t have anything safe to treat OA or OP pain/damage. Nor will they look at alternatives. Not enough money for PIG Pharma. With the creation of Data Bases for Opoiods we will have less freedom, puts us in a class with criminals, worse than a Gun data base would as there are MILLIONS more of us than gun owners. Next you’ll see gun owners who need Pain meds lose their Permits.
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