ThisIsIt wrote:
Feel like I'm piling on, but looks like legalization may be helping the opioid problem. http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/legalized-marijuana-could-help-curb-opioid-epidemic-study-finds-n739301?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
http://www.drugandalcoholdependence.com/article/S0376-8716(17)30076-5/abstract
I would suggest reading the actual study instead of simply taking an NBC report. The findings are interesting, but not really as rock solid as the reporter wants you to think. Especially considering the study only went through 2014.
In Colorado abuse of opiods, and overdose rates, including death from opiods has increased pretty dramatically since legalization, across the board in every county in the state.
http://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-drug-overdoses-almost-every-county-and-ahead-national-average