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Cannabis Cuts Opioid Prescriptions By 53%, Utah Study Suggests
Monday, December 2, 2024 - 5:06pm | 708Recent research in Utah highlights cannabis as a potential game-changer in pain management. A study by Management Science Associates (MSA) found a 53% drop in opioid prescriptions among chronic pain patients who used cannabis between 2021 and 2024. The study, presented at a Medical Cannabis Policy...
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Opioid Payments To Physicians Plunge As Medical Marijuana Legalization Grows: Study
Monday, March 20, 2023 - 11:04am | 525Direct payments from opioid manufacturers to physicians have significantly decreased following the legalization of medical cannabis, according to a new study from the University of Florida, University of Southern California and Purdue University. The study suggested that the trend is a result...
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Weed Vs. Opioids: Nontraditional And Traditional Biotech Take On Wall Street, But Who's Winning?
Sunday, April 30, 2017 - 12:38pm | 1060As an increasing number of U.S. states legalize cannabis in one form or another and start to reap the economic and societal benefits of revised policies, support for marijuana legalization among the population (and even among police agents) continues to surge. On the other hand, as the opioid...