Opioid Overdose Deaths Plummet In States Which Legalized Medical Marijuana

Hospitalization rates for opioid painkiller dependence and abuse dropped on average 23 percent in states after marijuana was permitted for medical purposes.

James Holbrooks
بواسطة James Holbrooks
Michael Cardenas shows off his medical marijuana after purchase outside Arizona Organix, the first legal medical marijuana dispensary to open in Arizona. AP Photo.

As Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to lament what he views as a blight on society, a new study is showing that states with medical marijuana programs are seeing drastic reductions in opioid-related hospitalizations and overdoses. From a Reuters article published Tuesday: “In states that legalized medical marijuana, U.S. hospitals

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بواسطة Sarah Anderson
Prescription drugs line a cabinet in this March 25, 2011 photo. (Photo by Eric Hunsaker via Flikr)

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Carey L. Biron
بواسطة Carey L. Biron
OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013.

WASHINGTON --- President Barack Obama on Tuesday proclaimed October to be Substance Abuse Awareness Month, but a rising tide of public health specialists is warning that his administration is failing to combat an epidemic of painkiller addictions and related deaths. Medical practitioners, addiction specialists and others gathered in Washington

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