Trends & Articles The NFL is Considering Cannabis Over Opioids by Sophia Vida February 19, 2021 The National Football League is seeking information on cannabis as an alternative to addictive opioids according to a statement from the league. The league is in the research stage of potentially allowing players to use cannabi...
Science related (Medical) Most Health Care Professionals in this State Are Backing Marijuana Instead of Opioid Use by Sophia Vida July 17, 2020 According to survey data recently published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, almost three in four licensed health care professions in Washington state are supporting the use of medicinal marijuana over opioids for...
Science related (Medical) Research Reveals Less Opioid Prescriptions on Average in U.S. States where Marijuana is Legal by Sophia Vida December 18, 2019 According to new research, there are less opioid prescriptions on average in U.S. states where medical and recreational marijuana are legal. Authors of a paper published in the Journal of Health Economics, have found that rec...
Science related (Medical) Those Who Have Cancer More Likely to Use Marijuana Says Study by Sophia Vida April 26, 2019 A new study has found that many individuals with cancer turn to medical marijuana for symptom relief. The findings were published in CANCER. For the study, researchers analyzed self-reported marijuana and prescription opioid us...
Trends & Articles Analysis Finds Less Opioid Use if People Have Access to Legal Marijuana by Sophia Vida December 29, 2018 The opioid addiction is an epidemic across the globe and according to recent studies, if people have access to legal cannabis, the use of opioids goes down. According to a new meta-analysis of 25 separate ecological and epidemi...
Science related (Medical) Study Finds that Medical Marijuana Alone Will Not Stop Opioid Crisis by Sophia Vida February 23, 2018 A new study published by the Journal of Health Economics, has found two things that may shed a light on the affect of medical marijuana with the opioid crisis. The study confirmed the results of a study in 2014 that found that ...
Science related (Medical) Study Finds that Medical Marijuana Reduced Opioid Use in New Mexico by Sophia Vida December 02, 2017 According to University of New Mexico researchers, medical marijuana being legally available could potentially help stop the use of opioids in chronic pain patients. Jacob Miguel Vigil, an associate psychology professor, aided ...
Trends & Articles This Company is Offering to Swap Marijuana for Opioids by Sophia Vida December 01, 2017 Publicly traded Kaya Holdings Inc. made an announcement this week that it wants to launch a campaign that would allow people to swap opioids for marijuana. The company said it has had discussions with both Oregon state and loca...
Trends & Articles President Trump Delcares Opioid Emergency by Sophia Vida October 28, 2017 The nation is having a major problem with opioids and on Thursday, President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency. He said at the White House, “This epidemic is a national health emerg...
Science related (Medical) New Study May Show that Marijuana Can Alleviate Need for Opioids by Sophia Vida August 15, 2017 According to a forthcoming study by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System, we may soon find out whether medical cannabis can alleviate the need for opioids in HIV-positive and HIV-free patients who s...
