Opioid Overdoses Decrease Following Marijuana Legalization
The adoption of statewide laws regulating cannabis products for patients and adults is associated with significant declines
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Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Associated with Fewer Opioid Overdose Deaths
Jurisdictions that adopt adult-use marijuana legalization laws
How CBD Could Help Save Overdose Victims
ou’ve probably heard of a medicine called naloxone, which can quickly reverse the effects of opioids and save lives.
Researchers Say CBD Could Help Reverse Fentanyl Effects
Researchers at Indiana University say a modified version of cannabidiol, a chemical found in cannabis, could help reverse the effects of overdoses
Vancouver Foundation’s Cannabis Distribution Program Gets Health Canada Approval
Goal is to develop distribution framework that can legally offer other illicit drugs, says High Hopes founder.
Opioid Overdose Deaths Occur Less Often In Areas With More Cannabis Retail Storefronts, Study Shows
This follows a Canadian study that found legalizing cannabis led to a ‘marked decline’ in the volume of opioids prescribed across Canada.
Cannabis Could Reduce Fentanyl Use, Finds BCCSU and UBC Study
Researchers found that those in the study who had urine tests positive for THC, the primary psychoactive component of cannabis, were approximately 10 per cent less likely to have fentanyl-positive urine
Vancouver’s Cannabis Substitution Project Vows to Fight on Despite Police Order
CANNABIS CULTURE – Neil Magnuson has been evicted, raided, arrested and just generally persecuted by the Vancouver Police Department. Now the VPD have threatened to impound his vehicle. Why? What crime has Magnuson commited? Magnuson provides help and support to people fighting drug addictions in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown East Side (DTES)– without a license.
Cannabis Overdose? Don’t Freak Out, It’s Just Weed
There has never been a single legitimate report of someone actually meeting an untimely demise as the result of ingesting too much THC.
Exit Drug (How Cannabis Can Combat the Opioid Crisis)
CANNABIS CULTURE – On many drug addiction programs, “abstinence” is the keyword. The reasoning? Perhaps something akin to “Using cannabis keeps you in a drug-using environment, and potentially makes you susceptible to using other drugs (gateway theory). Also, cannabis is a drug, and you cannot use drugs to get off other drugs.”
