In continuing opioid crisis, cannabis can’t be overlooked as a life-saving measure

Hopefully, as our understanding of the possible uses of cannabis grows, those who might benefit the most are not left by the side of the road.

New research in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside involving thousands of people who use drugs at highest risks of overdose has revealed possible benefits of cannabis use, but researchers also found that legal cannabis is largely unavailable to people who use drugs in those neighbourhoods, writes M-J Milloy. Flickr photograph by Viv Lynch

Opinion

BY M-J MILLOY

October 28, 2020

Long derided as a gateway to so-called hard drug use, recent scientific findings have raised the possibility that cannabis might be an off-ramp from the overdose crisis. While the coronavirus pandemic dominates headlines, the overdose crisis is about to enter its sixth year, having claimed the live...

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