STUDY: DAILY CANNABIS USE AMONG PAIN PATIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH LESS NON-PRESCRIPTION OPIOID USE
Patients suffering from persistent pain conditions who frequently use cannabis are far less likely to use non-prescription opioids, according to longitudinal data published in the journal PLOS One. A team of investigators from Canada and the United States assessed drug use trends in chronic pain patients over a multi-year period […]
IT’S TIME TO TREAT MEDICAL CANNABIS LIKE MEDICINE
In fall 2013, when other parents were trading stories about the difficulties of balancing homework with little league practice and swimming lessons, I was in my garage, painstakingly measuring amounts of a Schedule 1 narcotic to extract medication for my son. Tinkering with lab equipment and solvents usually only found […]