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Studies examine relationship between legal cannabis use, opioid prescriptions

April 2nd, 2018

Bottom Line: Two studies examine the relationship between legal cannabis use and opioid prescriptions. One study examines state implementation of medical and adult-use marijuana laws with opioid prescribing rates and spending among Medicaid enrollees, while a second study examines prescribing patterns for opioids in Medicare Part D and the implementation of state medical cannabis laws.

Authors: Hefei Wen, Ph.D., of the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, and W. David Bradford, Ph.D., of University of Georgia, Athens, and coauthors

More information:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai … ainternmed.2018.1007
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai … ainternmed.2018.0266

Provided by JAMA Internal Medicine

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