One in four people dealing with chronic pain using cannabis to cope, study finds

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One in four people dealing with chronic pain using cannabis to cope, study finds
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More than half of those surveyed said cannabis allowed them to cut their use of opioids and other pain medication. CannabisCommunity cannabisindustry cannabis MedicalMarijuana Opioids ChronicPain

Around one in four U.S. adults dealing with chronic pain use cannabis to manage their condition, according to a new study.

One in four U.S. adults suffering from chronic pain use cannabis to manage their discomfort, according to a studyLast spring, the study's authors surveyed 1,661 adults grappling with chronic pain. All of the participants reside in the 36 states with active medical marijuana programs plus Washington, D.C. Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted the analysis.

Further, more than half of those surveyed said their cannabis use led them to cut their use of prescription opioids, prescription nonopioids and over-the-counter pain meds. Fewer than 1% said they'd increased use of those drugs due to their cannabis intake. to expand the state's medical pot rules to include people with chronic pain — a group lawmakers have repeatedly left out of past expansions of the program.

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