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How Marijuana Can Help Reduce Prescription Drug Use

International Business Times
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Clark Mindock
07 July 2016

Marijuana Reduces Prescription Drug Use

Medical marijuana has been known to help treat chronic pain and nausea but a new study suggests that pot also decreases the use of opiates and prescription painkillers. If every state in the U.S. were to legalize the substance, Americans would save millions of dollars a year through the federal Medicare program, a review of spending…

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