by Mike Adams | Nov 25, 2019 | Cannabis Education, Cannabis Research
There is a growing body of evidence showing that medical marijuana could be all that is needed to tame the gnarly beast known as the opioid epidemic. On the other hand, there is also some research showing that this is all kooky talk. It seems that ever since the first...
by Thomas Edward | Nov 22, 2019 | Cannabis Health, Cannabis Law, Cannabis News
The federal government is prepared to help fund states’ efforts to combat opioid addiction—but medical marijuana won’t be a part of it. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency within the Department of Health and Human...
by Adam Drury | Nov 20, 2019 | Cannabis Education, Cannabis Health, Cannabis News, Cannabis Research
How does cannabis use influence the use of illicit opioids to manage pain? That’s the question at the heart of a just-published study in a special issue of “PLOS Medicine” that focuses on substance use, misuse and dependence. For medical researchers,...
by A.J. Herrington | Nov 20, 2019 | Cannabis News
A new study out this month shows that doctors are increasingly tapering their patients off powerful opioid medications, perhaps so fast that they are putting them at risk. Results of the study, “Trends and Rapidity of Dose Tapering Among Patients Prescribed...
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