States that legalized marijuana have seen a significant reduction in demand for codeine prescriptions, according to a new study.
the study was based on data from the Drug Enforcement Administration, which tracks controlled substancs across the U.S.Codeine is an opioid, and prescription opioids contribute to more than 10,000 overdose deaths annually in America. But codeine is just one such opioid prescription, and the study found that marijuana legalization had “minimal impact on distribution of other opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine in any setting.
Since cannabis, like codeine, can help reduce chronic pain, legalization may have shifted consumers away from opioid misuse in favour of marijuana, researches concluded..“A reduction in the misuse of opioids will save lives,” said Shyam Raman, a doctoral candidate at Cornell University and lead author of the study, according to Clevescene.com.
Harm Reduction Journal published a similar study in 2019 that was based on a survey of 2,000 Canadian adult-use marijuana users. But this study is unique since it uses DEA data instead of survey respondents. The authors think this is the first study of its kind to use the DEA data in this way.
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