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Judi Lynn

(160,610 posts) Fri Feb 12, 2016, 05:41 PM Feb 2016

Elizabeth Warren asks CDC to consider legal marijuana as alternative painkiller

Source: Guardian

Elizabeth Warren asks CDC to consider legal marijuana as alternative painkiller

The Massachusetts senator called for more research to be done on medical marijuana and prescription opioid addiction amid abuse and overdose epidemic

Amanda Holpuch in New York
@holpuch

Friday 12 February 2016 08.00 EST

Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to consider the role legal marijuana could play in the prescription opioid epidemic.

Warren asked for more research into medical marijuana and painkiller addiction in a letter to the CDC director, Thomas Friedan.

“Opioid abuse is a national concern and warrants swift and immediate action,” Warren wrote.

Her request comes as politicians, including the presidential nominees, search for the best response to the opioid epidemic.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/12/elizabeth-warren-medical-marijuana-painkiller-opioid-abuse

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Elizabeth Warren asks CDC to consider legal marijuana as alternative painkiller (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2016 OP

IMO, that would be an excellent approach! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #1

Oh, that would be too hard nichomachus Feb 2016 #2

H. Clinton doesn't agree. She sees the damage that would befall her precious rhett o rick Feb 2016 #3

for Neuropathy pot beats opioids hands down madokie Feb 2016 #5

I think H. Clinton's stand on the use of marijuana for medical purposes is immoral. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #6

agree pot is great for neuropathy wordpix Feb 2016 #11

it works great for nausea too shanti Feb 2016 #14

Right. Until "Big Pot" gets traction, she won't. Not until their lobby is big enough, and they are silvershadow Feb 2016 #9

And in the mean time, her friends in the Prisons For Profit industry greatly appreciate rhett o rick Feb 2016 #10

Why try Politicalboi Feb 2016 #4

At this point in history, HRC's position is jomin41 Feb 2016 #7

None of those Washington shysters The Wizard Feb 2016 #8

so true- in my mmj legal state, it's small businesses that are growing & dispensing wordpix Feb 2016 #12

Shouldn't that be directed to the FDA? yellowcanine Feb 2016 #13

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

1. IMO, that would be an excellent approach! n/t

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 05:46 PM

Feb 2016

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)

2. Oh, that would be too hard

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 05:52 PM

Feb 2016

We probably couldn't get it past Congress.

Maybe we just shouldn't try.

We can't be dreamers.

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

3. H. Clinton doesn't agree. She sees the damage that would befall her precious

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 06:01 PM

Feb 2016

Big Pharma lobby. She has the nerve to say that the medicinal use of marijuana needs more study. I dare her to tell that to those suffering chronic pain.

And some say H. Clinton is progressive. Certainly not on the issue of marijuana use.

madokie

(51,076 posts)

5. for Neuropathy pot beats opioids hands down

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 09:43 PM

Feb 2016

In my case but I can't use pot as its illegal here and if I test positive there goes my meds.

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

6. I think H. Clinton's stand on the use of marijuana for medical purposes is immoral. nm

Reply to madokie (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 09:46 PM

Feb 2016

wordpix

(18,652 posts)

11. agree pot is great for neuropathy

Reply to madokie (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:44 PM

Feb 2016

I'm a cancer survivor and did not try it for the pain of having a tumor or after surgery. I was given opioids for that and luckily did not get hooked.

MMJ is legal in my state. The dispensaries started out with pot that was around 14% THC tops, and they only had flowers. Now there are loaded vapes, medibles, capsules, lollipops, breath mints, wax concentrates, you name it. And now some of the capsules have a THC concentration of 200 mg. each capsule. That's a LOT and I'll bet it really helps with pain. (I can only stand about 15 mg. myself at a time).

shanti

(21,675 posts)

14. it works great for nausea too

Reply to madokie (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 14, 2016, 05:53 PM

Feb 2016

TG we have MM here in cali; can't wait to vote for full legalization this year!

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)

9. Right. Until "Big Pot" gets traction, she won't. Not until their lobby is big enough, and they are

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 05:05 AM

Feb 2016

listed on the NASDAQ.

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

10. And in the mean time, her friends in the Prisons For Profit industry greatly appreciate

Reply to silvershadow (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 10:28 AM

Feb 2016

(read give her money) to keep the laws "tough". She is the "tough" candidate.

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

4. Why try

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 09:13 PM

Feb 2016

Just say NO!!!!!!

jomin41

(559 posts)

7. At this point in history, HRC's position is

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 09:57 PM

Feb 2016

WILLFUL IGNORANCE. Absolutely shameful and mindless of the immense damage that prohibition has done and is still doing. This calls her fundamental honesty and integrity into question.