Smoking pot could be one answer to the country’s growing opioid abuse problem. Why do we say that? Because researchers at the University of Michigan
have found that patients using medical marijuana to control chronic pain reported a 64 percent reduction in their use of more traditional prescription pain medications known as opioids. The researchers, who looked 185 patients from a medical marijuana dispensary in Ann Arbor, also found that pot users reported fewer side effects from their medications and a 45-percent improvement in quality of life since using cannabis to manage pain. The scientists point out that other research has shown a reduction in opioid use in states where medical cannabis is legal, but the U-M study is one of the first to look at individual patterns of use. A study also released this month from Israel followed people for six months and found a 44-percent reduction in opioid use.
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