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Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ... by e40 on Friday November 06, 2015 @11:03AM (#10520134)
You need to provide references for the "Marijuana often has physical withdrawal symptoms for chronic users" statement, because I pay attention to this type of stuff and I've never heard or or run across it in real life. Of course, opium addiction and withdrawal are well documented.
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Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ... by adanto6840 on Friday November 06, 2015 @11:15AM (#10520213)
I'm not the same poster as above but a bit of Googling turned up several sources that appear reputable though I didn't dig real deep. I have no dog in this fight whatsoever but here's a link to one that I found interesting & that seems to have been well-conducted at first glance:

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....

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Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ... by auntienomen on Friday November 06, 2015 @11:36AM (#10520323)
That study selected subjects who had already experienced withdrawal from cannabis. Not sure how universal its conclusions are going to be.
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Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ... by 1457389 on Friday November 06, 2015 @04:28PM (#10522171)
[0] Lived experience [1] Gorelick DA, Levin KH, Copersino ML, Heishman SJ, Liu F, Boggs DL, & Kelly DL (2012). Diagnostic criteria for cannabis withdrawal syndrome. Drug and alcohol dependence, 123 (1-3), 141-7 PMID: 22153944

I'm sure you can search around and find a lot more, there is a growing understanding/acceptance that it exists.

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