Add to ORKGOpioid addiction has reached an all-time high in America, partially because there is no federally approved, affordable, available alternative for chronic pain. This paper examines the role of medical cannabis in the opioid crisis by exploring the effect of medical cannabis laws on opioid prescription rates in an OLS regression. I found that medical cannabis laws produce a statistically significant decrease in opioid prescription rates. I discuss the specific policy components that would allow medical cannabis policy to be most effective nationwide
"Every day, more than 115 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids" (National Ins...
IMPORTANCE Opioid analgesic overdosemortality continues to rise in the United States, driven by incr...
Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and subsequent opioid-related complications have risen dramati...
Opioid addiction has reached an all-time high in America, partially because there is no federally ap...
The opioid epidemic is a national public health emergency and at the forefront of major public healt...
Opioid use increased dramatically in the 1990s upon introduction of newer, more relaxed regulations....
Abstract Background North America is currently in the grips of a crisis rooted in the use of licit a...
Opioid use, abuse, and associated mortality have reached an epidemic level. In some states, cannabis...
We aimed to investigate if people redeeming a prescription for medical cannabis reduce their use of ...
Background: While opioid-related morbidity and mortality have risen in jurisdictions across North Am...
This study aimed to determine whether or not the medical marijuana referendums in Missouri, Oklahoma...
The opioid epidemic constitutes one of the worst drug crises in the history of U.S. State-level poli...
Abstract Background: There is currently much debate around harms associated with easier access to ca...
ObjectivesTwenty-eight states in the U.S have legalized medical marijuana, yet its impacts on severe...
Opioid abuse continues to be an increasing problem in the United States. The recent epidemic is in d...
"Every day, more than 115 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids" (National Ins...
IMPORTANCE Opioid analgesic overdosemortality continues to rise in the United States, driven by incr...
Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and subsequent opioid-related complications have risen dramati...
Opioid addiction has reached an all-time high in America, partially because there is no federally ap...
The opioid epidemic is a national public health emergency and at the forefront of major public healt...
Opioid use increased dramatically in the 1990s upon introduction of newer, more relaxed regulations....
Abstract Background North America is currently in the grips of a crisis rooted in the use of licit a...
Opioid use, abuse, and associated mortality have reached an epidemic level. In some states, cannabis...
We aimed to investigate if people redeeming a prescription for medical cannabis reduce their use of ...
Background: While opioid-related morbidity and mortality have risen in jurisdictions across North Am...
This study aimed to determine whether or not the medical marijuana referendums in Missouri, Oklahoma...
The opioid epidemic constitutes one of the worst drug crises in the history of U.S. State-level poli...
Abstract Background: There is currently much debate around harms associated with easier access to ca...
ObjectivesTwenty-eight states in the U.S have legalized medical marijuana, yet its impacts on severe...
Opioid abuse continues to be an increasing problem in the United States. The recent epidemic is in d...
"Every day, more than 115 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids" (National Ins...
IMPORTANCE Opioid analgesic overdosemortality continues to rise in the United States, driven by incr...
Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and subsequent opioid-related complications have risen dramati...