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dreamnightwind

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2. Yes!

Reply to jillan (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 01:34 PM

Feb 2016

They're hyping a supposed heroin epidemic in white America while ignoring the fact that most of it comes from people getting addicted to prescription opiates when many of them could have avoided the opiates in the first place, with safer alternatives sucn as MMJ. MMJ won't stop severe pain to the degree of opiates, but not everyone who is given the opiates needs that degree of pain control. MMJ can definitely help reduce this, and it is the right thing to do for many other reasons as well.

Thrilled to see Warren supporting this.

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Go Elizabeth! She asks CDC to consider MJ as alternative to pain meds [View all] jillan Feb 2016 OP

It should be considered for adjunct therapy in many cases mucifer Feb 2016 #1

Yes. Also it should be fully available in hospice care. MH1 Feb 2016 #4

Here in Illinois it pretty much can't be used for hospice unless the hospice patient mucifer Feb 2016 #6

Yes! dreamnightwind Feb 2016 #2

That's good BUT cali Feb 2016 #3

The demonization of opiates is at least partially driven by the real problem of abuse. MH1 Feb 2016 #5