Study: Medical Marijuana Pain Patients Reduce Opioid Dependence

Chronic pain patients in New York were able to cut down on their use of prescription opioids when switching to medical marijuana, according to a study by the American Medical Association and published on the JAMA Network Open. The study, compiled by researchers with the New York Department of Health and published by the American Medical Association last week, analyzed data from New York’s prescription drug monitoring program from 2017-2019 involving 8,165 chronic pain patients. The findings showed that those patients who were using medical marijuana for a longer duration were able to w...