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  • Opioids

Analysis: State-Authorized Medical Cannabis Consumers Reduce Their Use of Prescription Opioids

  • by NORML
  • Posted on December 9, 2025December 10, 2025

“These findings add to the already robust evidence documenting the opioid-sparing effects of medical cannabis.”

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Study: Medical Cannabis Registrants Reduce Their Prescription Drug Use

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on September 18, 2017July 5, 2022

Chronic pain patients enrolled in a statewide medical marijuana program are more likely to reduce their use of prescription drugs than are those patients who don’t use cannabis, according to data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

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