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Legalizing Medical Marijuana Would Immediately Lower Prescription Opioid Use, Study Shows (filtermag.org)

submitted 2 years ago by alyaza to c/news

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[–] vord 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I firmly believe that marijuana remains illegal Federally primarily because of the devastating hits to opiod usage that would follow full decriminalization.

Gotta make sure the states have onerous legislation in place to insure that only massive corps can fulfill legal requirements....