Time.com

By Alexandra Sifferlin

July 28, 2016

Can Medical Marijuana Help End the Opioid Epidemic?

Pot for pain is picking up speed. Should it?

Like many people, economist W. David Bradford says he was under the impression that medical marijuana was something only young people would be interested in. At least, that’s what he thought until his own research began showing otherwise.

In mid-July, he and Ashley C. Bradford, his co-researcher and daughter, published one of the more compelling studies about medical marijuana to date. Their report, which ran in the journal Health Affairs, looked at data on prescriptions filled by Medicare enrollees from 2010 to 2013—and found that older people who qualified for Medicare were, where appropriate, making use of medical pot. Not only that, they also found that when states legalized medical marijuana, prescriptions dropped significantly for painkillers and other drugs for which pot may be an alternative. Doctors in a state where marijuana was legal prescribed an average of 1,826 fewer doses of painkillers per year.

Source: Attn.com

by Kyle Jaeger, July 15, 2016

http://www.attn.com/stories/9894/when-to-use-painkillers-or-marijuana?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=direct-share&utm_campaign=shares

Studies show that marijuana can safely and effectively treat different types of pain, which is probably why a lot of people are starting to replace their prescription drugs with the non-addictive substance. But that doesn’t mean there’s no place for conventional pain medication in today’s increasingly pro-pot world.

Project CBD

By Cannabis Conversation

May 23, 2016

https://www.projectcbd.org/article/dr-dustin-sulak-cannabis-dosing

Dr. Dustin Sulak, director of Integr8 Health and cofounder of Healer.com, discusses cannabis dosing regimens, a sensitization protocol for chronic users, and the potential health benefits of THC’s psychoactivity. With cannabis, more isn’t always better.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/doctor-reveals-a-potential-solution-to-the-opioid-crisis-300264929.html

FALMOUTH, Maine, May 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — One of the world’s leading medical cannabis experts, Dr. Dustin Sulak, will on Tuesday May 10th, present a free to attend and view seminar that provides a solution to the opioid addiction epidemic sweeping the country.

As part of the seminar he will release findings of a survey with over 1,000 responses from his own patients which support the findings of previously published research that shows medical cannabis can be an effective replacement for opioid drugs.

Falmouth, ME, March 22 – The first medical cannabis website to focus on teaching patients, health providers and cannabis professionals optimal cannabis dosing was officially launched today.

The use of cannabis in the treatment of cancer is an emerging field in medicine. By staying up to date on the research1 and collaborating with other leaders in the field, physicians like my colleagues and myself can continue to meet the needs of real patients who choose not to wait for the federal government to stop obstructing human research on cannabis and cancer. Medical cannabis can be a part of an integrative plan that addresses your mind, body, spirit, family, and community.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/dabbing-the-new-way-to-smoke-marijuana-031315

David Heitz

Healthline.com

March 13, 2015

The legalization of medical and even recreational marijuana in some states has given rise to a sort of “I told you so” attitude among some users.

It comes from the long-held view of many marijuana smokers that pot is neither deadly nor addictive.

But now, the emergence of “dabbers” — people who smoke a highly concentrated form of marijuana culled during a sometimes explosive production process — is giving marijuana a bad name.