It is premature to expand access to medicinal cannabis in hopes of solving the US opioid crisis

Wayne Hall; Robert West; John Marsden; Keith Humphreys; Joanne Neale; Nancy Petry

doi:10.1111/add.14139

It is premature to expand access to medicinal cannabis in hopes of solving the US opioid crisis

Addiction. 2018 Jun;113(6):987-988. doi: 10.1111/add.14139. Epub 2018 Feb 22.

Authors

Wayne Hall^{1

2}, Robert West³, John Marsden², Keith Humphreys⁴, Joanne Neale², Nancy Petry⁵

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
² National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
³ University College London, London, UK.
⁴ Veterans Affairs and Stanford University Medical Centers, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
⁵ University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA.

PMID: 29468760
DOI: 10.1111/add.14139

No abstract available

Keywords: Confirmatory bias; drug policy; ecological studies; medical cannabis laws; medical marijuana state laws; opioid crisis; opioid overdose mortality.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / poisoning*
Drug Overdose / mortality*
Drug and Narcotic Control
Humans
Medical Marijuana*
Opioid-Related Disorders
United States

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Medical Marijuana

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding