Pubdate: Tue, 09 Feb 2016
Source: Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
Copyright: 2016 The Salt Lake Tribune
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Author: David G. Payne

MEDICAL CANNABIS SAFER THAN OPIOIDS

In regards to the LDS Church's opposition to Sen. Mark Madsen's bill 
to make medical cannabis legal, I have a couple of observations.

Utah has the highest rate of prescription opioid abuse in the country 
and the highest rate of accidental death due to opioid overdose.

Wouldn't it be better to give people the option of medical cannabis, 
that won't kill them, to relieve their suffering?

David G. Payne

Salt Lake City
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