{"id":2289,"date":"2019-10-11T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T02:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/contribution-of-marijuana-legalization-to-the-u-s-opioid-mortality-epidemic-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:00:32","slug":"contribution-of-marijuana-legalization-to-the-u-s-opioid-mortality-epidemic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/contribution-of-marijuana-legalization-to-the-u-s-opioid-mortality-epidemic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Contribution of Marijuana Legalization to the U.S. Opioid Mortality Epidemic:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contribution of Marijuana Legalization to the U.S. Opioid Mortality Epidemic: Individual and Combined Experience of 27 States and District of Columbia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions&nbsp;<\/strong>The marijuana protection hypothesis is not supported by recent U.S. data on opioid mortality trends. Instead, legalizing marijuana appears to have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lawprofessors.typepad.com\/marijuana_law\/medical-community-perspectives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributed to the nation\u2019s opioid mortality epidemic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Opioid_Death_Rate_vs._Marijuana_Legalization_2019-10-9_2col.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contribution of Marijuana Legalization to the U.S. Opioid Mortality Epidemic: Individual and Combined Experience of 27 States and District of Columbia Conclusions&nbsp;The marijuana protection hypothesis is not supported by recent U.S. data on opioid mortality trends. Instead, legalizing marijuana appears to have&nbsp;contributed to the nation\u2019s opioid mortality epidemic. 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