JAMA: Medical marijuana ‘may be substituting for opioids for cancer-related pain’

Medical marijuana legalization between 2012 and 2017 appeared associated with a lower rate of opioid prescriptions and pain-related hospitalization among some adults being treated for newly diagnosed cancer, according to a study. “We know that opioid use is declining among patients with cancer and that marijuana use is increasing among them; this increase is related […]