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CDC Pressured to Study Medical Marijuana as an Opioid Substitute

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 02/13/2016 - 12:48

One of the nation’s most influential U.S. Senators thinks medical marijuana should be studied as a way to address the nation’s opioid issue.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked the Centers for Disease Control to work with other federal agencies “to fill the gap in our knowledge about” medical marijuana’s ability to help combat the opioid epidemic.

Warren asked the federal agency to consider and study “the use, uptake, and effectiveness of medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids for pain treatment in states where it is legal.”

Here’s her letter to the CDC.

While recreational marijuana is legal in four states, and medical marijuana is legal in 23 states, the drug remains illegal under federal laws. That has held back any serious research.

Marijuana is a “Schedule I” substance. Researchers who want to study the drug need a license from the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the approval of...

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