{"id":54382,"date":"2021-11-19T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/tripping-on-psychedelics-linked-to-55-decrease-in-opioid-use-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:10:11","slug":"tripping-on-psychedelics-linked-to-55-decrease-in-opioid-use-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/tripping-on-psychedelics-linked-to-55-decrease-in-opioid-use-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Tripping on Psychedelics Linked to 55% Decrease in Opioid Use, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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People who use psychedelics like LSD, DMT, or psilocybin are less likely to abuse opioid medications<\/u><\/a>, according to a new study<\/u><\/a> published in the Journal of International Drug Policy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Although the Covid pandemic has been at the forefront of global consciousness over the past year, another deadly crisis is sweeping across North America. US health officials just announced that 100,000 Americans<\/u><\/a> died from drug overdoses in one single year, and the vast majority of these deaths were caused by cheap, readily-available opioid medications like fentanyl. <\/p>\n

Traditional harm reduction and drug treatment programs have failed to stem the growing tide of opioid abuse, but dozens of new research studies<\/u><\/a> have established the fact that medical cannabis<\/u><\/a> can help reduce rates of opioid use<\/u><\/a>, abuse<\/u><\/a>, and overdose deaths<\/u><\/a>. And as the medical community begins to grudgingly accept the opioid-fighting potential of cannabis, other researchers are beginning to explore whether natural psychedelics could have the same effect. <\/p>\n