Lawful Access To Cannabis Helping Save Lives In Colorado
Cannabis has been legalized in Colorado for some time now and according to a new study, researchers say that it's helping to save lives in the state.
They suspect that it has helped to decrease those deaths by around 5 percent or more within just a couple of years time.
Previous studies have found that an overwhelming number of patients would prefer to go with cannabis instead of opioid prescriptions or other medications. And it's been suggested that cannabis could play a major role in helping people to deal with their alcohol abuse and drug addiction.
It's estimated that roughly 93 percent of patients would prefer to use cannabis as a treatment method instead of opioids.
For roughly 1 in 4 individuals who end up receiving opioid prescriptions, it's estimated that they will end up struggling with addiction at some point in their life.
Researchers in Colorado say that they want to keep a close eye on the numbers, they want to know if this trend continues. They are also hoping to compare their results to other states, to see if they've had similar results. They say that more research on this topic is needed and for now these results are preliminary.
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Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/16/legal-marijuana-is-saving-lives-in-colorado-study-finds/?utm_term=.0fae22c23ff1
https://steemit.com/health/@doitvoluntarily/5-big-pharma-companies-sued-over-their-contribution-to-opioid-crisis
http://www.newsweek.com/legalizing-cannabis-opioid-deaths-how-marijuana-saving-lives-colorado-686949
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Legal system is introduced by elites to enslave us. What word legal mean than putting it under king jurisdiction by writing it in his book of permissions called laws. Of course, I'm saying it in simple way, but that is what it is.
Thank you for sharing, really interesting, especially since I will be a doctor in a few months ;)
But I also think that it should be legalised - at least for medical purposes!
I am very proud of a lot of the work I did in ophthalmology. I am ashamed that for my entire career I just smiled and remained silent as people took prescription drugs for glaucoma that were more dangerous and less effective than marijuana.
Cannabis should be legalized for all purposes.
The opioid epidemic is directly related to big pharma having their hands in the US government's pockets by lobbying, gifts, campaign donations, etc.
This is the only reason why it is still federally illegal, because the politicians have too much to lose.
I support this movement.
Many a times i do skew through the internet looking for the disadvantages of Cannabis but could not really find something meaningful, thus i wonder why it is not legalized in most countries, i also reason why black mamba a synthetic cannabis tetra hydrocannabinol is a legal drug in the UK and marijuana is still illegal.......if i become the president of the world, i will share free cannabis to everyone every day.....if you love it please support my dreams.
We need medical marijuana everywhere!
Here in Argentina politics cheat people with legalization but, they only do it for the votes, really sad. But we still work, please check my post if you like! https://steemit.com/health/@elbreeder/video-skin-cancer-homemade-treatment-working-in-3-weeks
So switching from one illicit drug to another one?
People are still addicted; just the method is changed!
Does it really helps living a quality life?
We should concentrate on the question "why addiction is coming in the first place?
Weed should be legal everywhere. Period. As long as alcohol is legal, weed should be as well - not to mention many health benefits for many people, but it's not really such a bad drug to be illegal and condemned as it is in our current society, even though so many people smoke anyway. Just stupid, some countries need to step up their game in this case.