Marijuana could help opioid users stay on methadone treatment: study Users in Vancouver who consumed cannabis daily were 21 per cent more likely to stick with drug replacement therapy By: Solomon Israel The study analyzed 20 years of data involving people who use opioid drugs in Vancouver. (The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck) A man walks past a mural by street artist Smokey D. about the fentanyl and opioid overdose crisis, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday December 22, 2016. Illicit drugs have always been a problem in port cities, but experts say the emergence of highly potent synthetic opioids that are fuelling British Columbia’s overdose crisis are slipping through borders in new ways, presenting challenges for law enforcement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Marijuana could help opioid users stay on methadone treatment: study Users in Vancouver who consumed cannabis daily were 21 per cent more likely to stick with drug replacement therapy By: Solomon Israel The study analyzed 20 years of data involving people who use opioid drugs in Vancouver. (The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck) A man walks past a mural by street artist Smokey D. about the fentanyl and opioid overdose crisis, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday December 22, 2016. Illicit drugs have always been a problem in port cities, but experts say the emergence of highly potent synthetic opioids that are fuelling British Columbia's overdose crisis are slipping through borders in new ways, presenting challenges for law enforcement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck