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Legal Cannabis May Not Lower Opioid Overdose Deaths After All - C C - Jun 11, 2019
https://gizmodo.com/legal-cannabis-may-not-lower-opioid-overdose-deaths-aft-1835415788
INTRO: A new study seems to deal a serious blow to one of the pro-cannabis movement’s talking points: the idea that the more medical cannabis is legalized, the fewer people will die from opioid overdoses. The findings suggest that there’s no real connection between the rate of opioid overdose deaths and a state’s medical cannabis laws, at least not anymore. (MORE)
RE: Legal Cannabis May Not Lower Opioid Overdose Deaths After All - Syne - Jun 11, 2019
Yeah, I've never known one to affect the use of the other, in people who use both.