Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescribed Opioids

Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib... by conistonwater on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @10:37PM (#13760853)

I think the authors say that the pain relief itself is only part of it:

> Lucas suggests the main reasons for the switch to cannabis from prescribed meds is due to reduced side effects, better symptom management and a feeling that cannabis is safer than prescription drugs.

Also, looking at http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/understanding-pai..., it seems like chronic pain doesn't necessarily (?) mean severe pain, but maybe I'm wrong about that.

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Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib... by brokenmasonjars on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @11:33PM (#13761149)

I don't really have any authority to really add anything but I will say my understanding of chronic is long lasting. Doesn't necessarily have to be severe pain, just long lasting. I have some chronic pains from a bad fall a few years ago. Unfortunately PA is moving like a turtle in it's medical marijuana roll out.

When I think of cannabis, I view it as safer. You don't hear about overdoes like you do with opioids. Add in a few famous celebrity deaths like Prince you quickly get a public image that views opioids with suspicion. In my opinion rightly so. Hopefully medical marijuana can be more accessible to more people sooner.

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