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  1. Katelyn Baker

    NS: New Halifax Cannabis Clinic Hopes To Be Alternative To Opioids

    A new medical marijuana clinic will open its doors in Halifax later this summer, with its director hoping to offer an alternative to opioids and other pharmaceuticals. "We want to be able to provide a really sound and thorough method so people will understand that there are very significant...
  2. Katelyn Baker

    NS: New Halifax Cannabis Clinic Hopes To Be Alternative To Opioids

    A new medical marijuana clinic will open its doors in Halifax later this summer, with its director hoping to offer an alternative to opioids and other pharmaceuticals. "We want to be able to provide a really sound and thorough method so people will understand that there are very significant...
  3. Katelyn Baker

    In Easing Chronic Pain, Marijuana May Be A Better Choice

    Chronic pain is a tremendous public health problem. The Institute of Medicine estimates chronic pain affects 100 million Americans at an estimated annual cost of $600 billion. But the rampant use of opioids to treat chronic pain stands out as the least-defensible and most-harmful of our...
  4. Katelyn Baker

    In Easing Chronic Pain, Marijuana May Be A Better Choice

    Chronic pain is a tremendous public health problem. The Institute of Medicine estimates chronic pain affects 100 million Americans at an estimated annual cost of $600 billion. But the rampant use of opioids to treat chronic pain stands out as the least-defensible and most-harmful of our...
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    Minnesota Doctor Recommends Medical Cannabis To Break Opioid Addiction

    A Minnesota doctor believes medical cannabis can help those struggling with opioid addiction and prevent future overdoses. Vireo Health's Dr. Kyle Kingsley says cannabis is not killing people like opioids and it is not as addicting. Kingsley says in order to break the addiction, it is...
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    Is Cannabis The Solution To Canada's Painkiller Epidemic?

    It sounds like torture. A living nightmare. But it could just as easily happen to you or me. Accidents that result in severe nerve pain are quite common. Victoria, British Columbia businessman Dave Brownell, 68, found this out when he herniated a disc and ended up with serious nerve pain...
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    One Way To Fight The Opioid Epidemic? Medical Marijuana

    The opioid painkiller and heroin epidemic has led to a record number of deadly drug overdoses, with the US recording an all-time high of 47,000 overdose deaths – two-thirds of which were opioid-related – in 2014. In states like New Hampshire, the crisis is so bad that it's overtaken the economy...
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