Could the opioid epidemic be curbed with cannabis? According to a team of scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, the rate of opioid-related visits to hospital emergency...
An investigative duo from the Cureus Journal of Medical Science have discovered that regular consumption of cannabis is associated with prolonged reductions in opioid use. In order to reach their conclusion,...
While it may be an exciting time for cannabis reform in the U.S., officials over in Beijing don’t seem quite as pleased at the prospect of legalizing pot.
Deputy director of the China National Narcotics...
On July 12, medical cannabis patients in “The Big Apple” rejoiced as the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) announced it would permit cannabis prescriptions for the replacement of opioids....
America’s opioid epidemic has claimed countless lives and has also contributed to the number of heroin users across the nation.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), as much as...
Two peer-reviewed studies published in the JAMA Internal Medicine have revealed how cannabis use may have a positive impact on America’s opioid epidemic, which claimed 17,087 lives in 2016 alone.
The...
The number of people using prescription opioids and non-prescription illegal opioid drugs has soared at a rapid rate since the 1990s.
In the midst of an "opioid crisis", two million Americans have become...
The number of Americans who died from opioid overdoses continued its dramatic increase in 2016, according to a new report released by the National Center for Health Statistics this month.
More than...
The true cost of the opioid epidemic in 2015 was $504 billion, or roughly half a trillion dollars, according to a report released by the White House on Sunday.
The Council of Economic Advisers said...
Adolphus Busch IV, the great-grandson of the Anheuser-Busch founder, sent out a letter Friday asking people to make monetary donations in an effort to legalize a comprehensive medical cannabis program...
