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I wonder why big pharma lobbies against legal marijuana.
Where Marijuana Is Legal, Opioid Prescriptions Fall
Where Marijuana Is Legal, Opioid Prescriptions Fall
As more states legalize medical and recreational marijuana, doctors may be replacing opioid prescriptions with suggestions to visit a local marijuana dispensary. Two papers published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine analyzing more than five years of Medicare Part D and Medicaid prescription data found that after states legalized weed, the number of opioid prescriptions and the daily dose of opioids went way down.