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Marijuana or Opioids
  • ACTIVISM

Texas: Survey Finds That 61 Percent of Self-Identified Medical Cannabis Consumers Report Substituting It for Prescription Drugs

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on March 30, 2021March 30, 2021

Sixty-one percent of respondents said that they “replaced” prescription opioids and/or benzodiazepines with medical cannabis – a finding that is consistent with several other studies.

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Cannabis Shop
  • Opioids

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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Cannabis Oil
  • Opioids

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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Plant-derived Cannabis Oil
  • Opioids

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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Marijuana Consumer
  • Polling

Survey: Most Americans Say Marijuana Possesses Less Abuse Potential Than Alcohol

  • by NORML
  • Posted on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

“The results show that the majority of U.S. consumers perceive cannabis (as CBD, hemp, marijuana, and THC) as having medical uses and view the potential for abuse of cannabis as less than for commonly prescribed medications and alcohol.”

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  • SCIENCE

Study: Adult-Use Cannabis Access Associated with Decreased Sales of OTC Sleep Aids

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on December 3, 2019

Researchers reported: “For the first time, we show a statistically significant negative association between recreational access to cannabis and OTC sleep aid sales.”

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Medical Marijuana
  • Opioids

Study: Daily Cannabis Use Among Pain Patients Associated with Less Non-Prescription Opioid Use

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on November 25, 2019November 24, 2020

Patients suffering from persistent pain conditions who frequently use cannabis are far less likely to use non-prescription opioids, according to study.

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Marijuana or Narcotics
  • Medical Marijuana

Survey: Pain Patients Often Report Substituting Cannabis for Opioids

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on October 10, 2019December 16, 2020

Researchers concluded, “Our findings are consistent with prior surveys of American and Canadian marijuana users in which substitution of marijuana for opioids was prevalent due to better symptom management and fewer adverse and withdrawal effects.”

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