States With Medical Marijuana Laws Have Fewer Opioid Overdose Deaths

This was reported back in August 2014:

TIME: Aug. 25, 2014 by Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlin

Opioids for chronic pain, like OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin, are meant to suppress pain. Recent data shows that not only are prescriptions for these drugs up, but rates of overdose and death are increasing as well. New research published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows that states with medical marijuana laws have rates of anticipated opioid-related deaths 25% lower than states that don’t allow it.

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 http://time.com/3175582/states-with-medical-marijuana-laws-have-fewer-opioid-overdose-deaths/