Elizabeth Warren calls on CDC to combat opioid addiction epidemic by embracing medical marijuana nationwide

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‘U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has sent a letter to the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asking the agency to look into ways to combat the growing epidemic of prescription opioid abuse, in part by examining the impact of increased use of medical marijuana as a substitute for pain control.

The letter to Dr. Thomas Friedan to the Atlanta-based CDC acknowledges the widening epidemic and notes that it continues “to grow at an alarming pace.”

“I continue to hear stories from constituents across” her state who are “affected by this crisis,” Warren wrote, adding that parents were fighting for their kids, doctors for patients and communities “fighting for each other.”‘

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