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Top 3 benefits of cannabis for opiate dependence

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 06/02/2015 - 08:00

Opiate dependence can have severely detrimental effects on normal life and everyday function, and can be extremely difficult to overcome. Cannabis can not only reduce the need to take opiate-based painkillers in the first place, but may also help to alleviate withdrawal symptoms even in existing cases of addiction.

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Chronic pain is one of the primary reasons for utilization of opiate painkillers. It is also one of the primary reasons for utilization of medical cannabis: in a patient survey of 350 Michigan-based medical cannabis patients, over 85% of respondents reported that they used cannabis to treat pain.

Cannabis’ proven ability to treat chronic pain has enabled tens of thousands of patients in several US states to reduce or even eliminate their need for opiate-based painkillers, and in doing so has significantly reduced the number of painkiller-related deaths in those states.

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