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Elizabeth Warren asks CDC to consider legal marijuana as alternative painkiller
Source: The Guardian
Elizabeth Warren asks CDC to consider legal marijuana as alternative painkiller
The Massachusetts senator called for more research to be done on medical
marijuana and prescription opioid addiction amid abuse and overdose epidemic
Amanda Holpuch in New York
Friday 12 February 2016 13.00 GMT
Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to consider the role legal marijuana could play in the prescription opioid epidemic.
Warren asked for more research into medical marijuana and painkiller addiction in a letter to the CDC director, Thomas Friedan.
“Opioid abuse is a national concern and warrants swift and immediate action,” Warren wrote.
Her request comes as politicians, including the presidential nominees, search for the best response to the opioid epidemic.
The use of prescription opioids doubled between 2000 and 2014, according to the CDC. And Massachusetts experienced its highest number of unintentional opioid overdose deaths in 2014, with nearly 1,100 people succumbing to overdose deaths.
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The Massachusetts senator called for more research to be done on medical
marijuana and prescription opioid addiction amid abuse and overdose epidemic
Amanda Holpuch in New York
Friday 12 February 2016 13.00 GMT
Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to consider the role legal marijuana could play in the prescription opioid epidemic.
Warren asked for more research into medical marijuana and painkiller addiction in a letter to the CDC director, Thomas Friedan.
“Opioid abuse is a national concern and warrants swift and immediate action,” Warren wrote.
Her request comes as politicians, including the presidential nominees, search for the best response to the opioid epidemic.
The use of prescription opioids doubled between 2000 and 2014, according to the CDC. And Massachusetts experienced its highest number of unintentional opioid overdose deaths in 2014, with nearly 1,100 people succumbing to overdose deaths.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/12/elizabeth-warren-medical-marijuana-painkiller-opioid-abuse
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than anything whipped up in a laboratory.
