| Comment | This isnt strictly true.
Drug policy is part of the issue but the main issue of late is the lack of service provision through underfunding.
Opioid dependence in the main is unrelated to chronic pain treatment options (of which cannabis has very poor evidence and I wouldnt recommend it as an alternative), though there are some that are dependent on prescription drugs in our service. Our prescription drug problems are a tiny fraction of an issue compared to (unregulated) USA. There are NO evidence based analgesia for chronic pain - essentially they are all being prescribed for "shit life syndrome", and cannabis would likely do the same. |
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