Cannabis use appears to encourage, not replace, non-medical opioid use
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Published in Addiction · View the paper (DOI)
A recent study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that cannabis use is not a substitute for non-medical opioids among adults with opioid use disorder. The research examined 13,271 days of observation and found that opioid use remained prevalent on days when cannabis was used.