Friday, October 09, 2020

Cannabis use appears to encourage, not replace, non-medical opioid use


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/cums-cua100520.php


News Release 8-Oct-2020


Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health

Contrary to some claims, people in the U.S may not be substituting cannabis for opioids, according to new research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The study examined the direction and strength of association between cannabis and opioid use over 90 consecutive days among adults who used non-medical opioids. The findings showed that opioid use was at least as prevalent on days when cannabis was used as on days when it was not, and that this was irrespective whether participants were experiencing pain or not. The study, published in the scientific journal Addiction, is among the first to test opioid substitution directly. 


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tags: drug abuse, drug use,


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