A study from the University of Michigan has found that many people are likely to use marijuana to substitute for prescription drugs.

The study was conducted by Daniel Kruger of the UM Institute for Social Research and found that 44 percent of medical cannabis users stopped taking a pharmaceutical drug, or used less of one, or both, in favor of marijuana.

Both Kruger and the study’s co-author Jessica Kruger, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Buffalo, found that in general, people use medical marijuana to treat pain, back problems, depression and headaches and that nearly a third of the study’s participants said their mainstream healthcare provider did not know that they used medical marijuana.

450 adults who identified as current cannabis users had been surveyed.

“This study advances knowledge in the evidence-based approach to harm reduction and benefit promotion regarding medical cannabis,” said Kruger.

He added, “Given the growing use of cannabis for medical purposes and the widespread use for recreation purposes despite criminalization, the current public health framework focusing primarily on cannabis abstinence appears obsolete.”


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