Elizabeth Warren Marijuana Study: Senator Wants Research Into Cannabis As Potential Painkiller

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants the CDC to conduct research on marijuana as an alternative painkiller.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has drawn attention to what many call an epidemic: the deaths of thousands of people each year from opioid painkillers and heroin.

Two-thousand fourteen was the worst year and saw more than 47,000 Americans die due to opioid painkillers, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.

Warren has a solution. She wants the CDC to study "the use, uptake, and effectiveness of medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids for pain treatment in states where it is legal," reports Vox.com.

"Our country is faced with an opioid epidemic that only continues to grow at an alarming pace.  Opioid abuse is a national concern and warrants swift an immediate action," Warren wrote in a letter to CDC head Thomas Frieden,

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