Researchers looked at data on over 1.5 billion individual opioid prescriptions between 2011 and 2018.
prescriptions, e.g., prescription drug monitoring programs, many of these policies simply limit access toto more dangerous drugs, such as heroin," they said.
The authors wrote:"While the results here do not suggest that cannabis access laws are the only tool to address prescriptionuse, they do suggest that cannabis access laws could play a meaningful role in addressing theIan Hamilton, an expert in drug use and mental health at the Department of Health Sciences at the U.K.
"Over the last few years awareness of inappropriate opiate prescribing has increased, so it could be that some of the reduction in opiate prescriptions is due to concern by doctors and healthcare providers rather than individuals switching to cannabis," he argued. He said:"The problem with switching to cannabis is that there is very limited research so far to suggest that it is beneficial for anything other than a few minor health problems.
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