Cannabis Used Effectively to Fight Statewide Opioid Crisis

‘The treatment center Blue Door Therapeutics is combating the opioid epidemic with cannabis pills and patches in response to painkillers’ often agonizing withdrawal symptoms. According to doctors at the Scottsdale, Arizona facility, a chemical in marijuana with “anti-inflammatory and anti-anxiety properties” can “help stabilize the patient’s underlying condition,” reported ABC15.
Opioid addiction following common surgery is rising, particularly because the pills are so difficult for people to stop taking. According to a recent study co-authored by a bariatric surgery chief at the University of Pittsburgh, “About 20 percent of U.S. weight-loss surgery patients are still using prescription opioid painkillers seven years later.”‘

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