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Emerging evidence for Cannabis Role in Opioid Use Disorder

Authors: Beth Weise and Adrianne R. Wilson-Poe Published in Mary Ann Leibert Inc. Publishers September 2018 Abstract Introduction: The opioid epidemic has become an immense problem in North America, and…

Medical cannabis laws and opioid analgesic overdose mortality in the United States, 1999-2010.

Authors: Marcus A. Bachhuber, Brendan Saloner, Chinazo O. Cunningham, et al
JAMA Internal Medicine, October 2014

IMPORTANCE: Opioid analgesic overdose mortality continues to rise in the United States, driven by increases in prescribing for chronic pain. Because chronic pain is a major indication for medical cannabis, laws that establish access to medical cannabis may change overdose mort…