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Published 8 years ago by kxh with 1 Comments
by kxh
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Medical Marijuana States See Big Drop in Drug Prescriptions and Medicare Spending

Two recent discoveries may show that medical marijuana not only saves state and federal governments millions on Medicare, but it may help curb opiate addiction too. A new study reports that in states where medical marijuana is available prescriptions for painkillers has dipped drastically.   There’s been a spate of...

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  • RoamingGnome
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    Another one for the "We've been telling you this for 50 years" file?

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