Les lois sur le cannabis médical réduisent-elles les addictions et les morts liées aux antidouleurs ?

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Les lois sur le cannabis médical réduisent-elles les addictions et les morts liées aux antidouleurs ?

19 février 2018

Les conclusions de l’article suggèrent que l’accès au cannabis médical facilite la substitution aux opioïdes par le cannabis. Pour en savoir plus, en Anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

By David Powell, Rosalie Liccardo Paccula and Mireille Jacobson

Recent work finds that medical marijuana laws reduce the daily doses filled for opioid analgesics among Medicare Part-D and Medicaid enrollees, as well as population-wide opioid overdose deaths. We replicate the result for opioid overdose deaths and explore the potential mechanism. The key feature of a medical marijuana law that facilitates a reduction in overdose death rates is a relatively liberal allowance for dispensaries. As states have become more stringent in their regulation of dispensaries, the protective value generally has fallen. These findings suggest that broader access to medical marijuana facilitates substitution of marijuana for powerful and addictive opioids.

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