Opioid use in medical cannabis authorization adult patients from 2013 to 2018: Alberta, Canada

• Main Authors: Cerina Lee (Author), Mu Lin (Author), Karen J. B. Martins (Author), Jason R. B. Dyck (Author), Scott Klarenbach (Author), Lawrence Richer (Author), Ed Jess (Author), John G. Hanlon (Author), Elaine Hyshka (Author), Dean T. Eurich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The opioid overdose epidemic in Canada and the United States has become a public health crisis - with exponential increases in opioid-related morbidity and mortality. Recently, there has been an increasing body of evidence focusing on the opioid-sparing effects of medical cannabi...