According to a new survey, seniors are raving about cannabis.
A whopping 9 out of 10 said they liked it so much that they’d recommend medicinal marijuana to other people.
One senior said, “I was on Percocet and replaced it with medical marijuana. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Another said, “It [medical marijuana] is extremely effective and has allowed me to function in my work and life again. It has not completely taken away the pain, but allows me to manage it.”
Dr. Diana Martins-Welch, the study’s co-author, commented, “The impact of medical marijuana was overwhelmingly positive. Medical marijuana led them to taking less medications overall — opioids and non-opioids — and they had better function and better quality of life.”
“It’s an out-of-pocket expense. Insurance doesn’t cover it because it’s federally illegal,” Martins-Welch also said, regarding what the biggest complaint was.
“Every state has its own laws, like what a qualifying condition is. There are a lot of differences. And you can’t take a product from one state and cross another state line,” Martins-Welch further said.
