Studies: Marijuana Legalization Laws Correlated With Reduced Opioid Prescribing Trends

by eNews Park Forest on April 5, 2018

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Lexington, KY—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018

By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

The enactment of statewide marijuana legalization laws is associated with a reduction in the number of opioids prescribed and filled, according to a pair of studies published online Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.

In the first study, investigators from the University of Kentucky and Emory University assessed the relationship between medical and adult-use marijuana…