“Our findings suggest that both MMLs and RMLs have the potential to reduce opioid prescribing in the privately insured population,” researchers concluded.
Topic: Opioids/Drugs
“For patients using cannabis during treatment, we provide evidence that certain characteristics of cannabis use are associated with less opioid use.”
“Increased medical and recreational storefront dispensary counts are associated with reduced opioid related mortality rates.”
“The legalization of cannabis coincided with a marked drop in opioid volumes prescribed in Canada.”
“[T]he proportion of patients using opioids at each follow-up was decreased, … suggesting an opioid-sparing effect with cannabis use.”
Participants’ mean opioid dosage fell by 78 percent over the trial period.
Survey of Medical Cannabis Patients Finds Self-Reported Reductions in Pain, Prescription Medications
Eighty-nine percent of respondents said that medical cannabis provided them with “great relief” for their medical condition.
"Our results show a remarkable percentage of patients both reporting complete cessation of opioids and decreasing opioid usage by the addition of medical cannabis."