Can marijuana treat opioid abuse? Researchers dispute Ohio cannabis industry claim

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The medical marijuana industry wants Ohio to allow cannabis to be a treatment for opioid addiction, but researchers say the evidence isn't strong.

, an epidemiologist at the UCLA School of Medicine who co-authored a 2017 study on medical cannabis and fatal opioid overdoses.

security and consulting firm, those figures amount to an unambiguous endorsement of medical marijuana., a professor in the graduate school of management at the University of California Davis, said the research shouldn’t be used as an affirmation of medicinal marijuana, noting that other research contradicts hers.

Data comparing medical marijuana use to fatal overdoses is readily available and frequently cited by legal cannabis supporters. But researchers say the numbers are misleading without more context.Existing studies can’t control for extraneous factors like poverty levels or health care access.

 

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May not necessarily “treat” opioid addiction, but it’s certainly a healthier alternative.

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