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Making medical marijuana legal does not prevent fatal opioid overdoses, study says
A study refutes the idea that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths, challenging a favorite talking point of legal pot advocates.
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Medical cannabis laws and opioid analgesic overdose mortality in the United States, 1999-2010
Medical cannabis laws are associated with significantly lower state-level opioid overdose mortality rates. Further investigation is required to determine how medical cann …
Association between medical cannabis laws and opioid overdose mortality has reversed over time
Medical cannabis has been touted as a solution to the US opioid overdose crisis since Bachhuber et al. [M. A. Bachhuber, B. Saloner, C. O. Cunningham, C. L. Barry, JAM …
Do medical marijuana laws reduce addictions and deaths related to pain killers?
Recent work finds that medical marijuana laws reduce the daily doses filled for opioid analgesics among Medicare Part-D and Medicaid enrollees, as well as population-wide …
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