Reverse Gateway Drug: Opioid Deaths Plummeting in States with Legal Weed

States that have legalized medical marijuana have seen a 25% decrease in opioid-related deaths.

That’s counter-intuitive to general wisdom. 

 

Reverse Gateway Drug: Opioid Deaths Plummeting in States with Legal Weed – The Libertarian Institute

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. As Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to lament what he views as a blight on society, a new study is showing that states with medical marijuana programs are seeing drastic reductions in opioid-related hospitalizations and overdoses. From a Reuters article published Tuesday: “In states that legalized medical marijuana, U.S.