Nevada Democrats want to treat opioid addicts with marijuana

Nevada lawmakers want to give people addicted to heroin, painkillers and other narcotics the option to treat their condition with medical marijuana.

Senate Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow registered nurses, psychologists, counselors and social workers who treat opioid addiction to prescribe those patients medical marijuana.

Currently physicians can make referrals by providing written testimony that pot would help treat a patient’s cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, seizures, spasms, chronic pain or nausea.

Very little research points to marijuana as a helpful treatment for opioid addiction.

Read more: http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2017/02/28/nevada-democrats-want-treat-opioid-addicts-marijuana/98545212/