With the crackdown on dispensing opioids (CARA) for pain relief, doctors are less and less prescribing them for their vetted chronic pain management patients. The Medical Community is pushing for alternative therapies. Medical cannabis including extracts from the cannabis plant could be a signifiant alternative . Recent research has shown that patients now using cannabis to control their pain have greatly reduced or eliminated the use of opioids. Therefore, regulations, both State and Federal, need to be changed to allow Medical Cannabis.



