The opioid crisis in the United States has killed over 500,000 people in twenty years. Studies suggest that in states that have legalized medical cannabis, opioid use and overdoses have declined. Researchers are exploring cannabis as an opioid reduction or substitution tool in the management of chronic pain. Newsweed follows this work, the clinical debates and the public health policies that arise from it.
A new wave of federally-funded research continues to support the hypothesis that greater access to cannabis is associated with a measurable reduction in overdoses...
According to a new study, adults with chronic pain who participated in the New York State Medical Cannabis Program (NYS) were...
A recent study published in the American Journal of Health Economics provides strong new evidence of the link between the legalization of medical cannabis and a decline in...
According to a recent study, medical cannabis may be more effective than prescription drugs in treating chronic pain. Published in the journal...
A new study looks at the evolution of opioid use in US states that have passed medical and recreational cannabis laws....
Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has authorized the use of opium and psilocybin mushrooms, also known as magic mushrooms, for the treatment...
A new study by a team of Irish, American and Canadian researchers has found that medical cannabis is a safe and effective treatment for...
Naloxone is a drug used to reverse or reduce the effects of opioids by counteracting the decreased breathing caused by an opioid overdose...
A new study by researchers at Cornell University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Georgia and George Mason University has revealed that...
Two researchers have found a link between the legalization of cannabis and a drop in drug prescriptions in the United States. In the 18 American states where...
The opiate crisis in the United States is prompting scientists to look for alternatives to opiate use. Researchers have thus recently begun to study how the...
Commercial interest in CBD is relatively recent, and is based on numerous claims surrounding the cannabidiol molecule. And while CBD alone has...
Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) is proposing a federal bill to decriminalize drug possession nationwide. The bill would...
The Judiciary Committee of the Vermont House of Representatives, which legalized cannabis in 2020, is considering three bills to reform the legislation of...
As the legalization of medical cannabis has expanded, so has the need for further research into this highly regulated plant. Public funding and...
Ananda is launching a clinical trial to use Nantheia ATL5, a drug with a high CBD content, to treat people addicted to opioids. The biotech,...
If 2020 had been a good year for cannabis legalization in the United States, despite a moribund year from the health point of view, 2021 proved to be...
The players of the world's best basketball league have won their case. As of the 2021-2022 season, they will no longer have to...
The American Football League's off-season began on Monday, and with it the possibility of players being subjected to random drug testing. But...
The National Football League (NFL) has decided to study how cannabis could be an alternative to pain medication, as well as the impact of cannabis on...
