Significant drop in opioid deaths in Colorado since stores started legally selling recreational marijuana, study finds

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Opioid overdose deaths in Colorado fell by more than six percent after stores started legally selling recreational marijuana, a new study shows.  

Prior to the last two years, Colorado was on a 14-year upswing in opioid overdose deaths.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center study is the first to show an association between legal recreational marijuana and lower numbers of opioid overdoses. 

This most recent study is one of several over the past few years showing a correlation between lower numbers of opioid deaths and marijuana’s legal status.

As the US as a whole struggles to make any traction against the opioid epidemic, some point the growing body of research like this study linking legal marijuana use with fewer opioid overdoses, while others argue that substituting dope for dope won’t do.

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