The United States has a problem with painkillers. During the past 15 years, America has seen a tremendous growth in both the sales of prescription opiates and the number of people who die each year from abusing them. More than 16,000 people fatally overdosed on prescription painkillers in 2013, accounting for 60% of all overdose deaths, according to the Center for Disease Control. But anew study suggests that some states have already stumbled onto a means of curbing this fatal epidemic: Easily-accessible marijuana.
For the study, researchers from the RAND Corporation and the University of California-Irvine (UCI) examined whether, in the years following legalization, states that legalized marijuana had experienced reductions in fatal overdoses and addiction treatment center admissions relating to opioid abuse. The researchers found that these states experienced significant reductions in both measures of opioid misuse — but only if they had also legalized marijuana dispensaries.
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Dumb down the masses and then enslave them without them knowing it.
ReplyDeleteColorado has had similar things happen. Bring on the legal green
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn't have been taken away in the first place.
ReplyDeleteyou know what they used before all these chemicals and poisons were used for medicine? plants and natural remedies. and some plants are still used, but at a much higher profit margin.
ReplyDeletehorse hocky!
ReplyDeleteThe two biggest opponents to legalized marijuana:
ReplyDeleteLaw enforcement and the pharmaceutical industry.
It's all about the money.
The worst consequence to smoking it? The legal ramifications. That's just plain stupid.