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Medical Marijuana Cuts Medicare Spending and May Reduce Dependency on Prescription Opioids
July 12, 2016
Physicians wrote significantly fewer prescriptions for painkillers and other medications for elderly and disabled patients who had legal access to medical marijuana, a new study finds. In fact, Medicare saved more than $165 million in 2013 on prescription drugs in the District of Columbia and 17