A federally funded study has highlighted one of the many benefits cannabis provides. From December 2019 through November 2021, researchers at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use and the University of California, Los Angeles surveyed 205 people who used cannabis and opioids without a prescription. Through their survey, researchers learned that nearly 60% of respondents used cannabis to reduce opioid cravings. Further analysis showed that the cannabis use of those surveyed "was significantly associated with self-reported reductions" in opioid use.
"Increasing the accessibility of cannabis products for therapeutic use may be a useful supplementary strategy to mitigate exposure to unregulated opioids and associated harm during the ongoing drug toxicity crisis," the authors of the study wrote.
