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New Research Links Cannabis to Sustained Opioid Reductions and Arthritis Relief — the Policy Still Hasn’t Caught Up
Two new studies show cannabis reducing opioid use in chronic pain patients and easing joint pain in arthritis sufferers — outcomes that researchers say carry direct implications for federal prescribing policy. But with cannabis still federally controlled and rescheduling stalled in administrative review, the gap between the evidence and the law keeps widening.
Ethan Vale
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