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Study: Enactment of Marijuana Legalization Laws Associated with Reductions in Opioid Prescribing Patterns

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

“[T]he implementation of medical marijuana laws (MMLs) and recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) reduced morphine milligram equivalents per enrollee by seven percent and 13 percent, respectively.”

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Rise in Storefront Marijuana Dispensaries Associated with Declines in Opioid-Related Deaths

  • by NORML
  • Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021

“Increased medical and recreational storefront dispensary counts are associated with reduced opioid related mortality rates during the study period. These associations appear particularly strong for deaths related to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.”

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Opioid Prescriptions Decline in Canada Following Enactment of Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on January 26, 2021January 26, 2021

“The findings of this study add to the growing body of evidence that easier access to cannabis for patients with pain may reduce opioid use and partially offset expenditures for both public and private drug plans.”

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Study: Nearly Half of Medical Cannabis Users Cease Using Opioids for Pain After Twelve Months

  • by NORML
  • Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

“Over time, individuals who continued consuming cannabis within this longitudinal study reported lower pain severity and pain interference scores, as well as improved quality of life and general health symptoms scores.”

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Study: Medical Cannabis Use by Seniors Associated with Improved Quality of Life

  • by NORML
  • Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

Investigators reported a “strong positive association” between subjects’ frequency of cannabis use and self-reported improvements in pain, health-care utilization, and overall health-related quality of life.

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Study: Cannabis Associated with Increased Cessation of IV Opioid Use

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on August 26, 2020August 26, 2020

“In the adjusted analysis, at-least-daily cannabis use was significantly associated with increased rates of injection cessation.”

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Cannabis Use Rising Among Chronic Pain Patients

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on July 14, 2020July 14, 2020

“Over the course of our study, … we identified a significant and progressive increase in the number of patients using cannabis. In patients with chronic pain, cannabis use more than doubled during this period.”

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