Marijuana News Update: Prescription Painkiller Related Death Decreased By 25% On States Where Marijuana Is Legal

Recent studies revealed that prescription painkiller-related death causes continually decreased. The researchers suggest that a significant amount of painkiller death causes continually improve on places wherein medical marijuana is legal.

A report released by the Minds website stated that around 25 percent of painkiller death causes decreased on areas that provide medical marijuana. Despite the fact that medical marijuana is not yet allowed on most states, it is however making rounds in proving that it does in fact lead to something better.

The study published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association" in 2014 came up with a stunning conclusion. The study focused on stated with medical marijuana between 1999 and 2013 [13 states in total] revealed the striking difference of the painkiller death causes ratio.

Colleen Barry, the co-author of the study mentioned that the painkiller death causes visibly decreased on states wherein medical marijuana was legalized. Barry then added that one of the factors that decreased the painkiller death causes on states which legalized marijuana is the fact that it is impossible for someone to overdose on weed.

"Although the present study provides evidence that medical cannabis laws are associated with reductions in opioid analgesic overdose mortality on a population level," part of the study's conclusion stated. "Proposed mechanisms for this association are speculative and rely on indirect evidence. Further rigorous evaluation of medical cannabis policies, including provisions that vary among states, is required before their wide adoption can be recommended. If the relationship between medical cannabis laws and opioid analgesic overdose mortality is substantiated in further work, enactment of laws to allow for use of medical cannabis may be advocated as part of a comprehensive package of policies to reduce the population risk of opioid analgesics."

Though the research was done two years ago, the result, however, made a significant impact on having medical marijuana legalized in the future. As of 2016, more states will soon be added on the list where medical marijuana can be accessed, paving ways for a safer medical advancement.