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Study: Retail Cannabis Sales Associated With Fewer Opioid Deaths

by eNews Park Forest on October 21, 2017

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Fort Worth, TX—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2017

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By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

Retail cannabis distribution in Colorado is associated with a reduction in opioid-related mortality, according to data published online ahead of print in The American Journal of Public Health.

A team of investigators from the University of North Texas School of Public Health, the University of Florida, and Emory University compared changes in the prevalence of monthly opioid-related deaths…