Paging Dr. Spicer: Cannabis Could Help Fight Opioid Abuse and Save Us Billions, Actually
On Friday, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that 25% of U.S. overdoses are due to heroin,
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Rejecting Opioids, Pain Patients Find Relief with Marijuana
Julia Sullivan makes her own medicine, toasting marijuana buds in her oven, simmering them in oil, dripping the oil into capsules.
Can Medical Marijuana Help End the Opioid Epidemic?
Pot for pain is picking up speed. Should it?
Overdoses Fell with Medical Marijuana Legalization
While opioid pain relievers offer critical benefits to certain patients, such as those with cancer-related pain, the rise of opioid prescriptions has had devastating public health consequences.
Medical Marijuana Policies Under Fire by Top B.C. Doctors
Rigid rules around medical marijuana leading to more prescription opioid use and abuse
Most People With Addiction Simply Grow Out of It: Why Is This Widely Denied?
The idea that addiction is typically a chronic, progressive disease that requires treatment is false, the evidence shows. Yet the "aging out" experience of the majority is ignored by treatment providers and journalists.
