Background Ecological research suggests that increased access to cannabis may facilitate
reductions in opioid use and harms, and medical cannabis patients describe the substitution …

Opioids are commonly used to treat patients with chronic pain (CP), though there is little
evidence that they are effective for long term CP treatment. Previous studies reported strong …

Background Clinical, experimental, and ethnographic research suggests that cannabis may
be used to help manage pain. Ethnographic research has revealed that some people are …

Background. Cannabis is the most widely consumed illicit drug in the United States. Its use,
particularly in early initiates, is associated with subsequent development of other drug and …

Objective Health care providers are likely to see an increase in the concomitant use of
cannabis and opioids, particularly with the increased liberalization and ongoing research …

Abstract Background and Aims Ecological studies have suggested that Cannabis
legalization might have led to a decrease in opioid overdose deaths. Such studies do not …

Background Cannabis has been linked to reduced opioid use, although reasons for
cannabis use among adults prescribed opioids are unclear. Aims The purpose of this study …

Background and Objectives Cannabis use is common among patients taking prescription
opioids, although rates of concomitant cannabis use disorder (CUD) have been largely …

Objective Little is known about co-occurring long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) and medical
cannabis use. We compared characteristics of patients prescribed LTOT who endorsed …

Objective. To assess prevalence rates and correlates of problematic use of prescription
opioids and medicinal cannabis (MC) among patients receiving treatment for chronic pain …