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Prescription Painkiller Deaths Fall in Medical Marijuana States

  • September 10, 2014
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Medical Marijuana

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  • In states where medical marijuana is legal, overdose deaths from opioids like morphine, oxycodone, and heroin decreased by an average of 20 percent after one year, 25 percent after two years and up to 33 percent by years five and six

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