Cannabis is not just for kids these days: 70% of seniors say they would try medical marijuana to treat their pain
The potential of these marijuana liberalization policies to reduce the use and consequences of addictive opioids deserves consideration especially in states that have been hit hard by the opioid epidemic.
One looked at trends in opioid prescribing under Medicaid, which covers low-income adults, between 2011 and 2016.
And when states with such a law went on to also allow recreational marijuana use by adults, there was an additional drop averaging about 6 per cent.
Additionally, researchers found a 14.5 percent reduction in any opiate use in states operating legal marijuana dispensaries. For quite some time, the two have been studied to show how the effects of marijuana can help to battle addiction with the ongoing opioid crisis we are facing in America.
The study noted that opioid-related deaths decreased by more than 6 percent over two years and researchers are hoping to see if the trend is replicated in states such as Washington and OR that have also legalized marijuana.
The new studies don't directly assess the effect of legalizing marijuana on opioid addiction and overdose deaths.
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"These findings further strengthen arguments in favor of considering medical applications of cannabis as one tool in the policy arsenal that can be used to diminish the harm of prescription opioids", the authors concluded.
In the first study, Hefei Wen of the University of Kentucky and Jason Hockenberry of Emory University found that the passage of medical and recreational marijuana laws were followed by reductions in Medicaid opiate prescription rates of 5.88 percent and 6.38 percent, respectively.
The other study looked at opioid prescribing nationwide for people using Medicare, which covers people 65 years or older and those with disabilities. Patients in states that only allowed them to grow pot at home showed about 7 per cent fewer doses.
In the second study, Ashley Bradford, David Bradford and Amanda Abraham of the University of Georgia found that at the state level, medical marijuana laws were associated with an 8.5 percent reduction in the number of daily opioid doses filled under Medicare Part D, relative to states without medical marijuana laws.
Studies show that cannabinoids - chemical components in Cannabis plants - can be effective in alleviating some kinds of pain, and "a mountain of anecdotal evidence from patients" suggests that some who turn to medical marijuana for chronic pain end up needing fewer opioids, said Dr. Kevin Hill, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who was not involved with the studies. The findings in Medicaid and Medicare patients may not apply to other people.
They called for states and the federal government to pay for more studies to clarify the effect of marijuana use on opioid use, saying such research is needed for science to guide policy-making.
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