Posted on 05/25/2019 5:18:22 PM PDT by Magnatron
Colorado is trying to help tamp down the opioid crisis by allowing doctors to recommend medical marijuana for any condition meriting a painkiller prescription, The Denver Post reported.
Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 13 on Thursday, and the new law is scheduled to go into effect on Aug. 2, after passing through Colorado's General Assembly.
“This will substitute marijuana for an FDA-approved medication — something that’s unregulated for something that’s highly regulated,” Stephanie Stewart, a physician in Colorado, told the news outlet.
Under Colorado law, medical marijuana can be recommended for patients struggling with cancer, glaucoma, HIV and AIDS, PTSD or other chronic disorders that cause severe pain, seizures and nausea. The new law includes all conditions in which opioids could be prescribed.
The bipartisan legislation is a win for marijuana backers, but it raises concerns with some addiction-centric medical professionals.
“Our real concern is that a patient would go to a physician with a condition that has a medical treatment with evidence behind it, and then instead of that treatment, they would be recommended marijuana instead,” said Stephanie Stewart, a physician in Colorado.
Backers of the law say it's a safer form of treatment that will help limit the opioid crisis, which is currently at epidemic levels in the U.S. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, every day more than 130 people die after overdosing on opioids.
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That's the War on Drugs for you: some people misuse a substance, so others who would use it responsibly must be punished.
I didn't think that.
I think it depends on the type of pain and the individual's personal tolerance levels. Also their personal desire to avoid opiates might have a significant affect on their willingness to tolerate pain.
As far as willow bark goes you might as well have said aspirin since aspirin is basically a pharmaceutically refined, but unaltered, analog of the anodyne phyto-chemical in willow bark. Aspirin has been fairly popular for pain reduction.
Cannabis would probably rate somewhat above aspirin but, again, that would depend on the type of pain and the individual's response to each substance. Its action is entirely different than salicin but then again so is the action of an opiate from either of those.
Shannon has been absent from FB where he is normally active, concerned people checked on him, he is going through tremendous distress and pain when asked how he was feeling this is his reply.
Shannon MacLeod Well, I’m not alright. That’s not a snide remark but, rather an indication of fact. I’ve had heavy CFS bleeding & the fluid build up in the cranial cavity causes really nasty thing’s to happen. So much scarring has built up on my spinal cord that I can’t cycle CFS like your average joe.
It’s supposed to cycle three time’s a day but,mine is fairly stagnant. The best part is the inflammation increased damage to the CNS & has managed to cause autonomic dysfunction.
Do I want to eat a bullet?...yes.
Will I? ....I really don’t know?
The disease is very aggressive with me,everyone is different.
It’s out of control now & not a chance in hell will I ever get treatment.
Imagine the pain of being beaten with a bat all down your spine.
How would you feel after you woke?
Dem thinking. 6 month old found alive, parent’s OD in motel room..https://people.com/crime/baby-found-alive-after-spending-days-in-michigan-motel-room-with-dead-parents/?fbclid=IwAR2WTZgxyV8daW_GjWDxPmKe3AoDa5xz-BUVowyVrG4TWGt3PEcbxiVgERk
6 month old found alive, parent’s OD in motel room..
Like I said; those parents misused ... and were not prevented from doing so by our War on Pain Meds.
terrible news. marijuana decreases sensitivity to opioids meaning if a marijuana user needs opioid pain relief (for example after surgery) it takes ridiculous amounts, if adequate pain relief can be achieved at all. in fact usually we have to resort to a ketamine infusion to achieve pain control. the government practicing medicine is what gave us the opioid crisis. they need to stop now.
you are correct. And with the extra benefit that regular pot use makes users less sensitive to opioids and they require higher doses.
Regards
this has been known for some time but the study that proved it was done at the university of.colordo in the last year or so
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