Can Marijuana Treat Heroin Addiction?
Caregivers in Maine want to give medical marijuana a try.
Can you treat a drug addiction with another drug? Many medical cannabis patients in recovery, as well as their caregivers, think it’s possible.
Studies have already shown a decrease in opioid overdose deaths in states where medical cannabis has been legalized. On a more personal level, it’s showing unprecedented potential as an alternative treatment option for addiction to opioids, like heroin and prescription pain pills.
Maine’s patients and caregivers want the state to seriously consider the use of cannabis as a treatment for opiate addiction. Along with many other states seeing epidemic levels of opiate abuse and overdose deaths, Maine is searching for viable alternatives to incarceration, and is willing to hear out the cannabis community if it means a solution to this painful problem.
On April 19, officials from the state’s department of health considered the advocates’ request at...
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