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13. Sandra Welch, PhD: Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth U
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 02:16 PM
Jun 2014

at a conference on cannabis as therapeutic medicine found a synergistic effect through cannabis that required fewer opiate drugs for acute and chronic pain.



Reference: Lynch, M. E., & Clark, A. J. (2003). Cannabis reduces opioid dose in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain. J Pain Symptom Manage, 25(6), 496-498.

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