[Study] Patients Prefer Medical Marijuana To Opiates For Treating Chronic Pain

When it comes to the treatment of chronic pain there aren’t very many options available that actually leave patients feeling relieved (at least not without a slew of nasty side effects). With the growing acceptance and use of medical marijuana, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that a recent survey suggests that patients now prefer medical marijuana to prescription opioids. The survey was conducted by the University of California, Berkeley and Kent State University and took the opinions of 2,810 patients, and only about 30 percent (828) of those surveyed had used opioids in the last six months. Of those nearly 3,000 patients the survey found that 93% of them prefer medical cannabis to prescription opiates for managing their chronic pain.

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