Legalize Marijuana...Medicinal uses for NFL?

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(08-17-2016, 12:09 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Where are the studies indicating people using medicinal marijuana develop tolerance and require more and more marijuana to treat their chronic medical condition and the studies indicating it is psychologically addictive?

Please bear in mind physical dependence and addiction are two separate things. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-addiction/201007/physical-addiction-or-psychological-addiction-is-there-real

And according the CDC, the number of deaths due to opioid analgesics in 2014 was 18,893. I don't know where you got your information there is no national standard for what is a narcotic, but there are medical standards on what a opioid analgesic is. 

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/health_policy/AADR_drug_poisoning_involving_OA_Heroin_US_2000-2014.pdf

https://examine.com/supplements/marijuana/

The attached link talks about the link between marijuana use and heart attacks, as well as tolerance to medical marijuana.  In some cases, using medical marijuana more than twice a month will result in increased tolerance.

http://m.cmaj.ca/content/177/6/556.full

The attached link talks about the %of medical marijuana users who are prescribed more than 5 g a day increasing 5% in one year's time.  

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ending-addiction-good/201404/studies-show-long-term-effects-cannabis-the-brain

Deals with a Harvard study into the regions of the brain controlling addictions.