The legalization of marijuana, which the German federal government is also planning, will significantly reduce health insurance costs for prescription medications for pain, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, psychoses and seizures. This is shown by research by Shyam Raman from Cornell University and Ashley Bradford from Indiana University.

US states analyzed

“Reducing drug use could result in significant cost savings for state Medicaid programs,” Rahman says. In addition, the damage to health caused by side effects of medication could be reduced. Raman and Bradford based their study on an analysis of data retrieved from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in all 50 U.S. states from 2011 to 2019 - a period in which the number of states restricting personal use of marijuana increased allow, increased.

Nearly 40 states have now legalized medical marijuana. Of these, approximately 20 states have legalized cannabis for personal use for all adults without a prescription. There, the two doctoral students found a significant reduction in demand for medications to treat sleep and anxiety disorders, but no impact on medications to treat nausea.

Consumption is not without controversy

However, Raman and Bradford point out that the use of cannabis is not without health risks. In this context, they point to many studies that link it to a possible triggering of anxiety states and psychoses such as schizophrenia. It is also said that patients who use marijuana to treat their illnesses could supply themselves with additional “substance” if it were completely legalized and thus pose health risks.

Sources: pte , Cornell.edu

Also read: No, smoking weed doesn't help against the new coronavirus!


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