New Law to Allow Colorado Doctors to Prescribe Marijuana in Place of Opioids
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A new law will allow doctors in Colorado to prescribe marijuana to patients instead of opioids.
Gov. Jared Polis signed the legislation last week. It expands the list of medical conditions that qualify for medical marijuana to include conditions that can be treated with opioids.
“Colorado loses a community member to drug overdose roughly every nine hours, with opioids contributing to over half those deaths,” Polis said during the bill signing. “In light of these statistics, it is incumbent on our lawmakers to provide physicians with opportunities to discuss alternatives to opioids and to provide patients with choices even if additional research regarding medical marijuana is necessary.”