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).
Why should I believe any of this?
Marijuana cures athletes foot.
Marijuana gets rid of ear wax.
Yes, and it also cures infants of thumb sucking habits.
Well now we know why the pharmaceutical industry fights medical marijuana so hard. It’s bad for profits, never mind that it reduces the misery of opioid addiction, because hey, who cares about people?
Do the infants roll it or put it in a bong to smoke it?
You'll find some pretty callous self righteous people here if you look around.
I met many, many people over the years who were able to eliminate or reduce their doses of opiods thanks to medical cannabis. While under doctor’s supervision and one being a doctor himself.
Thanks to legalization, they can grow their own free meds right in their garden and perfectly dose them with a medical grade vaporizer as needed. No smoke, no chance of overdose or toxic damage. The opioid industry is absolutely terrified!
Why should you not? Do you disbelieve all scientific research?
Straw man.
Straw man.
Do medical marijuana laws reduce addictions and deaths related to pain killers?
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Yes, if you die of pot first.
There are many herbs with medicinal properties. Is that shocking? You don’t need to get high to use the cannabis herb.
If they are written the way California’s were the answer is no
CA has one of the lowest death rates from opioids among the states.
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/statedeaths.html
Given the huge reduction in the number of heroin users I guess we have proof that whatever the media focuses on is what the medical community should go along with, huh?
"Medical marijuana legalization was associated with 23% (p = 0.008) and 13% (p = 0.025) reductions in hospitalizations related to opioid dependence or abuse and OPR overdose, respectively" - Medical marijuana policies and hospitalizations related to marijuana and opioid pain reliever, Shi, Yuyan, Drug & Alcohol Dependence , Volume 173 , 144 - 150
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