Painkiller Overdose Deaths Decrease Dramatically in Medical Marijuana States

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According to a report this year from the esteemed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), fatal overdoses caused by prescription painkillers dropped dramatically in states where cannabis is legal for medical and recreational use.

Access to medical cannabis, according to the study, is responsible for an overall 25% drop in fatalities associated with prescription drugs taken for chronic pain. The study also expects such fatalities to continue to drop as cannabis reform across the country allows more people to legally access the drug for medical purposes.

Study authors in fact believe that people who have chronic pain tend to rely on medical cannabis when they have this option, which also dramatically reduces the risk of addiction and overdose of other used medications.

“We think that people with chronic pain may be choosing to treat their pain with cannabis rather than with prescription painkillers, in states where this is legal,” said lead author Dr. Marcus Bachhuber, a researcher with the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

The impact of this study, particularly for veterans as a result, might be significant in the next few years as some kind of federal reform becomes a more reachable goal. Such far reaching conclusions by respected medical researchers are also likely to play into policy decisions particularly over local bans and higher taxes in many states. With that said, research like the analysis in the JAMA study only adds to the debate about the necessity of access for medical patients to not only relieve their pain, but to shine light on the advantages, both personally and societally, of continuing to supply access to medicinal cannabis.

fukk big pharma, smoke weed everyday.

 

[MenacingMonk]

And it still ain't legal in Cali, where it should of been the first place to legalize it.

all these fukks who go against it.

 

[ill]

And it still ain't legal in Cali, where it should of been the first place to legalize it.

all these fukks who go against it.

Cali might be fukked. I see a lot of other states getting medical & recreational before Cali gets recreational. Most established growers in Cali don't want a legal market. They make much more money in the grey area. (Just saying its not all on the politicians)

 

[Malta]

Anyone that's standing in the way of weed at this point is just a fukking fool that needs to be purged, and I say that as someone that has never smoked.

 

[Bernie Madoff]

And it still ain't legal in Cali, where it should of been the first place to legalize it.

all these fukks who go against it.

Its legal in Cali breh.. I've had cops on Venice take my pipe, make sure it was just weed and hand it back (true story, no courtdog) Bay Area, same thing.. Humboldt county?

I stay away from inland cali though

Those places tend to be more conservative bill o reily police types..

California has an enormous methamphetamine epidemic

Just stay close to the water and your good.. More money along the coast as well. I could never see myself moving back East..21 years was good, but the West is the best, get here and we'll do the rest

 

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fukk big pharma, smoke weed everyday.

Hold on there buddy.

OD'ing is because the drug feels good...not that it doesn't work.

and remember, these are painkillers...not cancer drugs

 

[MenacingMonk]

Its legal in Cali breh.. I've had cops on Venice take my pipe, make sure it was just weed and hand it back (true story, no courtdog) Bay Area, same thing.. Humboldt county?

I stay away from inland cali though

Those places tend to be more conservative bill o reily police types..

California has an enormous methamphetamine epidemic

Just stay close to the water and your good.. More money along the coast as well. I could never see myself moving back East..21 years was good, but the West is the best, get here and we'll do the rest

It's not legal here.

Having a license isn't the same.

 

[Bernie Madoff]

It's not legal here.

Having a license isn't the same.

where do you live? Im guessing inland cali??

Im telling you from personal experience, cops give ZERO care about weed up and down the coast of cali.

LA, Santa Cruz, SF/Bay Area (coastal)


I've NEVER heard of someone getting arrested for weed.. and if your not a knucklehead, I've never even heard of getting tickets...

Meth and Alcohol is what they enforce..

 

[ill]

Its legal in Cali breh.. I've had cops on Venice take my pipe, make sure it was just weed and hand it back (true story, no courtdog) Bay Area, same thing.. Humboldt county?

I stay away from inland cali though

Those places tend to be more conservative bill o reily police types..

California has an enormous methamphetamine epidemic

Just stay close to the water and your good.. More money along the coast as well. I could never see myself moving back East..21 years was good, but the West is the best, get here and we'll do the rest

Watch out for OC. They are dikkheads over there too. I was in the Bay for the Cup a few years back and we were in SF double parked in a bus lane outside the dispensary. We had a packed Suburban and we were passing joints around. Cops pull up and are just like "Wtf, you guys are fukking idiots. Keep it moving and quit being idiot stoners in the bus lane." Sent us on our way. No one had Cali med cards either. That freedom

 

[ill]

Hold on there buddy.

OD'ing is because the drug feels good...not that it doesn't work.

and remember, these are painkillers...not cancer drugs

No one is saying the pharma drugs don't work. We're saying the side effects and risks of these drugs far outweigh the benefit for most people. Pharma is the reason for the current heroin epidemic. Its the reason for a lot of addiction problems. That old saying that weed is a gateway drug is bullshyt. Its the "safe" pharmaceuticals that are the true gateway to drug addiction. Natural organically grown cannabis >>> pharma painkillers.

I won't go deep into your cancer comment other than to say people in the medical/biology/chemistry fields WILL have an epiphany sooner than later about the tremendous benefits THC, CBD, and terepenes provide in battling cancer. Wether its directly using Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) to shrink tumors (literally thousands of first hand accounts that it works) or using high CBD strains to combat pain or using a mixed THC/CBD strain to battle nausea & lack of appetite. The benefits of cannabis in a medical setting will revolutionize the medical industry (which is why pharma is anti-pot).

 

[ill]

@Napoleon

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[Truth200]

 

[Serious]

Causation doesn't equal correlation.

Fred.

 

[Serious]

Watch out for OC. They are dikkheads over there too. I was in the Bay for the Cup a few years back and we were in SF double parked in a bus lane outside the dispensary. We had a packed Suburban and we were passing joints around. Cops pull up and are just like "Wtf, you guys are fukking idiots. Keep it moving and quit being idiot stoners in the bus lane." Sent us on our way. No one had Cali med cards either. That freedom

 

[OsO]

No one is saying the pharma drugs don't work. We're saying the side effects and risks of these drugs far outweigh the benefit for most people. Pharma is the reason for the current heroin epidemic. Its the reason for a lot of addiction problems. That old saying that weed is a gateway drug is bullshyt. Its the "safe" pharmaceuticals that are the true gateway to drug addiction. Natural organically grown cannabis >>> pharma painkillers.

I won't go deep into your cancer comment other than to say people in the medical/biology/chemistry fields WILL have an epiphany sooner than later about the tremendous benefits THC, CBD, and terepenes provide in battling cancer. Wether its directly using Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) to shrink tumors (literally thousands of first hand accounts that it works) or using high CBD strains to combat pain or using a mixed THC/CBD strain to battle nausea & lack of appetite. The benefits of cannabis in a medical setting will revolutionize the medical industry (which is why pharma is anti-pot).

The King of the Herbs

Unlike painkillers, you can smoke herb daily for years and be fine ... Kill pain not people brehs