Dr. Sanjay Gupta addresses an article to Jeff Sessions ultimately saying that marijuana could be the key to saving opioid addicts. Dr. Gupta states that he was not initially impressed with the affects of medical marijuana, but just as many others, has found a new opinion for the powerful plant. Marijuana, can actually be deemed a more effective pain killer than opioids in that it is safer and more applicable to many pains.
Using marijuana as a means to get off opioids speaks to the usefulness of marijuana. Marijuana can help combat the withdrawal symptoms when stopping opioid use and can help ween users off in a healthy and efficient way.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/health/medical-marijuana-opioid-epidemic-sanjay-gupta/index.html
Addiction to opioids is at the forefront of the American health crisis, and marijuana, supported by many and attacked by many, could serve to help the opioid crisis. With medical marijuana serving as an alternative to opioids, and even a way to get off them, what will Big Pharma have to say about this?
Big Pharma should get on board and see if they can start making products with marijuana. It would help with their image and help them make profits.
ReplyDeleteI personally agree with this. Marijuana has been identified time and time again as a safer alternative to opioid based painkillers. It would definitely help the image of big pharma, along with the substantial profits they stand to make.
DeleteIf Big Pharma does take part in such collaboration, do you think the abuse of doctors prescribing will continue as it has with opioids but now with Marijuana?
DeleteI think that as more and more states legalize weed, that it's inevitable that Big Pharma will get involved. If marijuana is a more effective drug for managing pain, then I'm all for it being prescribed by doctors. However, given how much opiates have been monetized, I'm skeptical that it won't eventually get out of hand like opiates have.
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DeleteMarijuana is way safer and a better alternative. Not sure if it should be marketed to doctors and patients as a quick fix, but I am all for it being legalized as it would have economic and social benefits.
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