Big Pharma Shaking In Their Boots As 80% Of Cannabis

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Big Pharma Shaking in Their Boots as 80% of Cannabis Users Give Up Prescriptions Pills for Pot
A survey of 473 adult therapeutic cannabis users found that 87% of respondents gave up prescription medications, alcohol, or other drugs in favor of cannabis.

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Not a impressive survey number, but....

 

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Big Pharma Shaking in Their Boots as 80% of Cannabis Users Give Up Prescriptions Pills for Pot
A survey of 473 adult therapeutic cannabis users found that 87% of respondents gave up prescription medications, alcohol, or other drugs in favor of cannabis.

Link:

Not a impressive survey number, but....

Mainly because they are using a selective group for the surveying. Most (or all) "therapeutic cannabis users" as they say are on meds with little or no relief (that's why they smoke). I think the other 20% are addicted to opiates.

 

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Mainly because they are using a selective group for the surveying. Most (or all) "therapeutic cannabis users" as they say are on meds with little or no relief (that's why they smoke). I think the other 20% are addicted to opiates.

Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.12323/abstract

Design and Methods
The Cannabis Access for Medical Purposes Survey is a 414-question cross-sectional survey that was available to Canadian medical cannabis patients online and by hard copy in 2011 and 2012 to gather information on patient demographics, medical conditions and symptoms, patterns of medical cannabis use, cannabis substitution and barriers to access to medical cannabis.

Results
Substituting cannabis for one or more of alcohol, illicit drugs or prescription drugs was reported by 87% (n  = 410) of respondents, with 80.3% reporting substitution for prescription drugs, 51.7% for alcohol, and 32.6% for illicit substances. Respondents who reported substituting cannabis for prescription drugs were more likely to report difficulty affording sufficient quantities of cannabis, and patients under 40 years of age were more likely to substitute cannabis for all three classes of substance than older patients.

 

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Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.12323/abstract

Design and Methods
The Cannabis Access for Medical Purposes Survey is a 414-question cross-sectional survey that was available to Canadian medical cannabis patients online and by hard copy in 2011 and 2012 to gather information on patient demographics, medical conditions and symptoms, patterns of medical cannabis use, cannabis substitution and barriers to access to medical cannabis.

Results
Substituting cannabis for one or more of alcohol, illicit drugs or prescription drugs was reported by 87% (n  = 410) of respondents, with 80.3% reporting substitution for prescription drugs, 51.7% for alcohol, and 32.6% for illicit substances. Respondents who reported substituting cannabis for prescription drugs were more likely to report difficulty affording sufficient quantities of cannabis, and patients under 40 years of age were more likely to substitute cannabis for all three classes of substance than older patients.

Again, I would be impressed if it was a group of non-smokers with those results after prescribing cannabis as an alternative solution.