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,ledical marijuana helps patients with opioid addiction-CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/29/health/medical-marijuana-opioids/in. <br /> Health + Live TV U.S. Edition + <br /> Patients turn to pot over pills <br /> By Nadia Kounang, CNN <br /> 0 Updated 8:24 AM ET, Sun April 29, 2018 <br /> 00. s4>>) 1:37 / 2:03 3 r <br /> Source:CNN <br /> Maine: Where medical marijuana is saving opioid addicts 02:03 <br /> (CNN) — In 2016, opioids killed more Americans than <br /> Story highlights breast cancer. The drug overdose epidemic has become <br /> one of the most concerning public health issues of <br /> Doctors and patients alike are turning to recent time, and in an effort to stem the tide, moreg and <br /> medical marijuana over prescription opioids more patients and doctors are turning to pot over pills. <br /> For much of the past two decades, 51-year-old Angie <br /> Marc Schechter took nearly 40,000 pills over Slinker took a cocktail of narcotics, antidepressants and <br /> 10 years anti-anxiety medications to manage the pain stemming <br /> from a car accident in 1998. She had between 50 and <br /> 60 surgeries, but her pain persisted, and doctors kept <br /> giving her more pills. <br /> "It was just a vicious cycle," she told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. "You started <br /> taking something for pain, and before you knew it, you were into another surgery. Which brought on <br /> anxiety." To treat the anxiety, doctors prescribed more pills. And when she felt depressed, they added even <br /> more medications. <br /> f 5 5/1/2018. 1:25 PM <br />