Article by Janice Williams, News Week U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently said he was “astonished” by claims that legal marijuana could solve the opioid crisis devastating the nation. However, a new study firmly linked legalized weed to decreased opioid abuse and overdoses. After analyzing hospitalization records from 1997 to 2014 in 27 states, nine of which legalized … Continue reading Can Legal Marijuana Solve the Opioid Crises? Medical Pot States See Decrease in Painkiller Abuse