Drugs

New research from the University of Southern California shows that cannabis might help some people stop or cut down on their opioid use. “We interviewed 30 people who were using opioids and cannabis and injecting drugs,” said Sid Ganesh, a PhD student at USC’s medical school and lead author of the study. The participants, who were receiving services from a methadone clinic and a syringe exchange in Los Angeles, said cannabis was a useful tool to help manage their opioid use, in part because it has become so much easier to access in recent years.