Their View: Cannabis Could Replace Harmful Meds

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Millions of Americans are living in pain; so many, in fact, that doctors now prescribe enough painkillers in a single year to medicate every person in the nation. According to a disturbing new study by the Associated Press, Americans in 2005 consumed over 90,000 kilograms of powerful narcotic painkillers, not only codeine, hydrocodone and morphine, but also meperidine (Demerol) and oxycodone. In many cases, these drugs can be habit-forming. In some cases, their use can be deadly.

But what if there were a safer, cheaper, and potentially more effective alternative available for pain management -- one that greatly reduced the user's risk of dependency, and one that was incapable of causing a lethal overdose?

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Their View: Cannabis Could Replace Harmful Meds

For a handful of Americans there is. That medicine is cannabis. In 12 states, including New Mexico, patients now can use cannabis therapeutically under state law. Many of these p...

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