Can Marijuana Help with Opioid Addiction?

Part 3 of our opioid series supported by the NIHCM Foundation looks at the potential for marijuana to improve outcomes in opioid addiction therapy. Some studies have shown that prescribing marijuana can ease the path to shaking an opioid dependence. There’s some new research in this area, and we’ll go through some of the studies.

Related HCT episodes:
The Opioid Crisis Continues – https://youtu.be/GOOU_kXUdj0
Deaths of Despair – https://youtu.be/GXvIReIAlWA

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