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Wider Use Of Cannabis Therapy Could Reduce Prescription Pain Drug Deaths

“Physicians who treat neuropathic pain with opioids should evaluate their patients for a trial of cannabis and prescribe it when appropriate prior to using opioids”

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Medical MarijuanaSacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2012. Physicians who prescribe opioid drugs to patients with neuropathy (nerve pain) ought to consider recommending cannabis as an alternative therapy, according to a peer-reviewed paper published online this week in the Harm Reduction Journal.

“There is sufficient evidence of safety and efficacy for the use of…

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