Welcome to homework assignment CPS 1.2 in the Cannabis for Pain seminar from Higher Learning LV. This seminar provides a review of recently published peer-reviewed scientific research on the topic of the potential medicinal efficacy of cannabis for pain. This assignment in particular focuses on a 2023 study about the potential results of cannabis legalization with respect to opioid usage and dosing.
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A 2023 study entitled "Changes in Prescribed Opioid Dosages Among Patients Receiving Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain, New York State, 2017-2019" that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) posed the query: "Is receiving medical cannabis for a longer duration associated with reducing prescription opioid dosages among patients receiving long-term opioid therapy?"
