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I wonder why big pharma lobbies against legal marijuana. ![eusa_think :eusa_think: :eusa_think:](/styles/smilies/eusa_think.gif)
Where Marijuana Is Legal, Opioid Prescriptions Fall
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Where Marijuana Is Legal, Opioid Prescriptions Fall
As more states legalize medical and recreational marijuana, doctors may be replacing opioid prescriptions with suggestions to visit a local marijuana dispensary. Two papers published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine analyzing more than five years of Medicare Part D and Medicaid prescription data found that after states legalized weed, the number of opioid prescriptions and the daily dose of opioids went way down.