Study: Marijuana Does not Prevent Opioid Overdoses
Study: Marijuana Does not Prevent Opioid Overdoses
Researchers from Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute used data from two sources to learn whether states with medical marijuana laws protect citizens with opioid use disorders from fatal overdoses compared to states without such laws. The data sources are the National Health Interview Survey and the National Death Index, both from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Marijuana Does not Prevent Opioid Overdoses
They found no overall protective relationship between state medical marijuana laws and opioid overdose deaths. They say their “findings provide an additional source of information countering claims of a protective effect of medical marijuana laws on opioid overdoses, suggesting that other solutions to the opioid overdose crisis are needed.”
Read Science Direct abstract here.
