Hope for Cannabis as Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Canada (Conversation) – Canada currently finds itself at the intersection of two historic social phenomena with massive implications for public health. First, after decades of restricting public access to marijuana, on Oct. 17, Canada became the first major industrial nation to fully legalize cannabis for both medicinal and recreational usage. Second, we find ourselves in the throes of a worsening opioid addiction crisis that has already caused the deaths of thousands of Canadians, young and old. The interactions between opioids and cannabis have been explored at the clinical and pharmacological…
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