Pubdate: Tue, 05 Jan 2016
Source: Lansing State Journal (MI)
Copyright: 2016 Lansing State Journal
Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/qbTWpGoq
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/232
Author: Beverly Hynes

MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOULD NOT STOP PAIN PRESCRIPTIONS

Local doctors are not writing any pain medicine prescriptions when 
they find the patient is using medical marijuana. This is why we have 
a local heroin epidemic. Medical marijuana serves as a pain medicine, 
but does not cover all pain. Why are these doctors/hospitals willing 
to write multiple scripts for powerful pain pills, but stop writing 
any scripts for pain pills when they learn of the patient's medical 
marijuana use? Doctors, please help patients: write one script for 
pain pills to cover the horrific pain (some of these people are 
dying), and let medical marijuana get them through the rest. Or this 
problem will get worse.

Beverly Hynes

Lansing
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