Nevada Lawmakers Say Cannabis Can Help Treat Heroin Addiction
At one point, marijuana was known as a gateway drug, thanks to government propaganda.
Now, research has shown medical marijuana can help people addicted to heroin, painkillers and other narcotics.
This month, Nevada Senate Democrats introduced a bill that would allow registered nurses, psychologists, counselors and social workers who treat opioid addicts to prescribe those patients medical marijuana.
Under current state law, only physicians can make referrals by providing written testimony that cannabis would help treat a patient’s cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, seizures, spasms, chronic pain or nausea.
Activists in Maine proposed a similar rule, but the state’s top health official denied the request last year, according to reports.
Over in Massachusetts, hundreds of people who are addicted to opioids are being treated with medical marijuana, the Boston Herald reports.
Nevada’s Senate Bill 228 comes amid an opiod addiction epidemic that is currently sweeping the nation.
