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Medical Cannabis Access Decreases Opioid Use In Chronic Pain Patients

Medical Cannabis Access Decreases Opioid Use In Chronic Pain PatientsAnn Arbor, MI–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016.  Chronic pain patients with legal access to medicinal cannabis significantly decrease their use of opioids, according to data published online ahead of print in The Journal of Pain.

Investigators at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor conducted a retrospective survey of 244 chronic pain patients. All of the subjects in the survey were qualified under Michigan law to consume medicinal cannabis and frequented an area dispensary to obtain it.

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