Its a bit rich to call bullshit on something I didn't say.

I wasn't saying they were comparable drugs. I was saying one is overprescribed for pain level that could be managed by something less drastic.

Huh. My apologies for the misunderstanding then. It's definitely not how I read that wording, largely because I'm highly skeptical that a viable alternative exists for any significant number of non-recreational opiate users.

Well the problem is a lot of people are simply addicted, the pain the feel is real but it's confused withdrawl.

These people would be better off on thc.

You are not as informed as you would like to believe.

Marijuana is a great replacement for those who never started down this path and okay a means of getting off opiates. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6777788/

That's a rather baseless and low effort accusation to make.

The linked paper doesn't appear to me to make the claim you did. The combination group (the one from which you could validate the claim you made) is very small - only 486. In fact the paper appears to very carefully outline its own considerable limitations. The authors detail the lack of research in the area and point out a number of conflicting results, including results that directly contradict their own.

That being said, it is a well written, interesting, and thoughtful piece of research. It (and the nearby comment by waheoo) raise quite a few interesting questions for me regarding patient perception and how withdrawal symptoms might interact with marijuana. I also wonder which specific symptoms and underlying conditions might correlate with the various groups. I'm glad you brought this paper to my attention!