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04/23/2018 / By Vicki Batts

People who use medical cannabis are less likely to abuse opioids, research finds

Could plant medicine be the solution to the pharma industry-created opioid epidemic? Despite being marked with stigmata, the cannabis plant has continued to prove its medicinal value — even under strict (and nonsensical) prohibition via the federal government. Multiple studies have shown that marijuana, when used medicinally, reduces the risk of opioid abuse — and […]

02/13/2018 / By David Williams

Medical marijuana is causing a dip in alcohol sales: Researchers confirm a correlation

Have you ever wondered what legalizing medical marijuana in your state could do to alcohol sales? A group of researchers used that question as the basis of a new study that they conducted, and now they have an actual answer. According to the group of researchers, which hailed from two U.S. colleges and one Peruvian […]

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