Medical Cannabis Laws and Opioid Analgesic Overdose Mortality in the United States, 1999-2010
In a 2014 report of a study conducted by Marcus A. Bachhuber, MD; Brendan Saloner, PhD; Chinazo O. Cunningham, MD, MS to “determine the association between the presence of state medical cannabis laws and opioid analgesic overdose mortality,” they wrote, “increased access to medical cannabis may reduce opioid analgesic use by patients with chronic pain, and...
CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016
In a March 18, 2016 report, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) released its guidelines on Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. In this article, the CDC cautions clinicians in testing for substances “for which results would not affect patient management.” “Clinicians should not test for substances for which results would not...
Patients, Growers, and Caregivers. What HB 3400 means to you.
We are pleased to present our synopsis of the changes to the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program made by House Bill 3400. We have published it on our website so that you can download it for your files. We are asking all clinics and dispensaries to notify patients and growers...
Limited Study Shows Promise for Idiopathic Recurrent Angioedema
(This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.*) Abstract We present a case of a 27-year-old man with recurrent episodes of angioedema since he was 19, who...
Cannabidiol Protects Liver
Reprinted without permission Free Radic Biol Med. 2014 Mar;68:260-7. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.12.026. Epub 2014 Jan 4. Cannabidiol protects liver from binge alcohol-induced steatosis by mechanisms including inhibition of oxidative stress and increase in autophagy. . Abstract Acute alcohol drinking induces steatosis, and effective prevention of steatosis can protect liver from...
Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Addictions and Deaths Related to Pain Killers?
Reprinted without permission David Powell, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Mireille Jacobson NBER Working Paper No. 21345 Issued in July 2015 NBER Program(s): HC HE Many medical marijuana patients report using marijuana to alleviate chronic pain from musculoskeletal problems and other sources. If marijuana is used as a substitute for powerful and addictive...
Oregon Senate Bill 844 Adds New Condition to OMMP
Compassionate Oregon was disappointed this session because so much of the legislation and debate around Cannabis was business-centric and many of the ideas we proposed for patients in Compassionate Oregon’s House Bill 2821 were left on the cutting room floor. This was due in part to many legislators and...
New Laws & Effective Dates & Opt-out
A lot of Oregonians have questions about what happens when with the new laws. We have listed five dates below that will affect patients. We have also listed the local city and county opt-out provisions Stay tuned for a detailed analysis coming soon! Effective dates: With effective and operative...
Training Opportunity for Health Care Organizations
Compassionate Oregon is now offering training for health care professionals on Medical Marijuana in Oregon. Health care professionals serving patients who use medical marijuana need to know about the Oregon program in order to protect patients, educate family members, avoid and identify side effects and be aware of drug...
Marijuana Now Legal for All Oregonians
Oregon’s Ballot Measure 91 legalizing personal use of marijuana by adult Oregonians takes effect today. July 1st, the “freedom” day set forth in Measure 91, is finally here! Many thanks to all those that worked on the campaign and for those that have laid the groundwork for this day...