New Study Finds Legal Cannabis Equals Fewer Pharmaceuticals

Legal access to cannabis may reduce the use of multiple classes of dangerous prescription medications in certain patient populations,” according to the results of a new study.

Regardless of what some officials in the Trump administration believe, Americans have a major problem with pharmaceutical narcotics, and that’s something cannabis can help mitigate, according to the conclusion of a recent University of New Mexico study.

From 2014 to 2015, the following states witnessed a double-digit increase in their overdose mortality rates, thanks primarily to pharmaceutical narcotics: Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington, and West Virginia.

Drug overdose death data. Source: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality.

University of New Mexico: Cannabis Research

For the study published by The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, researchers from the University of New Mexico examined the pharmaceutical habits of 125 chronic pain patients. Of the 125 patients, 83 were enrolled in the state’s…

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