Medical marijuana could reduce painkiller abuse, study suggests

Monday, August 25, 2014 - 21:30 in Health & Medicine

Could medical marijuana be an antidote for the nation's scourge of fatal overdoses caused by prescription pain medication? A new study suggests the answer is yes, and it's set off a flurry of medical debate over the risks and benefits of making cannabis more widely available to patients.

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