tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post1679165404023430473..comments2010-05-12T09:27:54.452-05:00SB. Leavitt, MA, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11568656049984688554Stew.Leavitt@Pain-Topics.orgBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-38726591003157190302010-05-12T09:09:02.117-05:002010-05-12T09:09:02.117-05:00

After reading the latest study about how chronic severe pain is 70 percent more likely to cause early premature death than cardiovascular disease, it stands to prove the correct use of narcotic pain analgesics are a life saver rather than a potential life taker. We are always going to have some that abuse things, whether they are gamblers, drinkers, abusing all kinds of medications, whether

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The medicinal value of marijuana (cannabis) is actually a separate issue. An important point is that past research examining substance abuse and addiction among patients with pain classifies marijuana as illicit drug abuse, which distorts the overall data. Medical marijuana is increasingly becoming legal in many locales in the United States and is being legitimately prescribed, but researchers

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what is disturbing about patients accessing cannabis to relieve their symptoms? I smoke cannabis most night before bedtime and in the middle of the night if i wake up and can't get back to sleep. I rarely use cannabis in the daytime unless i use it for extreme anxiety. The use of cannabis has eliminated my need for sleeping pills and lorazapam. I have no side effects from the cannabis (not

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