Pubdate: Sun, 26 Oct 2014
Source: Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
Copyright: 2014 Tallahassee Democrat
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/hdEs6Z0o
Website: http://www.tallahassee.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/444
Author: Robert Sharpe
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n824/a07.html

HERE'S ONE MORE BENEFIT OF POT

Regarding Gerald Ensley's Oct. 22 column, medical marijuana has
beneficial side effects that are particularly relevant to a state
famous for pill mills.

New research published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association shows that states with open medical marijuana access have
a 25-percent lower opioid overdose death rate than marijuana
prohibition states. This research finding has huge implications for
states like Florida that are grappling with prescription narcotic
overdoses. The phrase "if it saves one life" has been used to justify
all manner of drug war abuses. Legal marijuana access has the
potential to save thousands of lives.

Robert Sharpe

Policy analyst, Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, D.C. 
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