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05-19-2017, 07:03 AM
Study suggests cannabis may reduce crack use
May 19, 2017 by M-J Milloy And M. Eugenia Socias, The Conversation
North America is in the midst of a drug overdose disaster. In British Columbia, Canada, where <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/overdose-death-statistics-2016-1.3941224">nearly 1,000 people died</a> of overdose in 2016, officials have declared a public health emergency.
While over-prescription of <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prescriptions-for-painkillers-still-rising-in-canada-despite-opioidcrisis/article34431838/">painkillers</a> and <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/investigations/a-killer-high-how-canada-got-addicted-tofentanyl/article29570025/">contamination of the illegal opioid supply by fentanyl</a>, a potent synthetic analgesic, are at the heart of the problem, opioid users are not the only ones at risk. Public health officials in BC are <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.cknw.com/2016/07/18/fraser-health-issues-warning-as-fentanyl-appears-in-crack-cocaine/">warning</a> that fentanyl has been detected in many drugs circulating on the illicit market, including crack cocaine.....
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-05-cannabis.html">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-05-cannabis.html</a>
May 19, 2017 by M-J Milloy And M. Eugenia Socias, The Conversation
North America is in the midst of a drug overdose disaster. In British Columbia, Canada, where <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/overdose-death-statistics-2016-1.3941224">nearly 1,000 people died</a> of overdose in 2016, officials have declared a public health emergency.
While over-prescription of <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prescriptions-for-painkillers-still-rising-in-canada-despite-opioidcrisis/article34431838/">painkillers</a> and <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/investigations/a-killer-high-how-canada-got-addicted-tofentanyl/article29570025/">contamination of the illegal opioid supply by fentanyl</a>, a potent synthetic analgesic, are at the heart of the problem, opioid users are not the only ones at risk. Public health officials in BC are <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.cknw.com/2016/07/18/fraser-health-issues-warning-as-fentanyl-appears-in-crack-cocaine/">warning</a> that fentanyl has been detected in many drugs circulating on the illicit market, including crack cocaine.....
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-05-cannabis.html">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-05-cannabis.html</a>