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Marijuana isn’t Helping and not a Solution for Pain Pill Epidemic

By Ken Finn, MD, Springs Rehabilitation, PC, Colorado Springs

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Dr. Kenneth Finn is a pain medicine specialist

Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been supporting the use of marijuana to curb the opioid crisis. Dr. Gupta does not have specialty training in Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Management, or Anesthesia. I have been practicing Pain Medicine in Colorado for 24 years and I have seen patients referred to me on very high dose opioids, reporting very high levels of pain, and using marijuana for pain control, making no clinical sense. In discussions with these patients, and overall, a significant percent report that their use of marijuana does not help with their presenting pain symptoms. I have had a rare patient who opt to taper their opioids and use marijuana, and all of those continue to report high levels of pain. Continue reading Marijuana isn’t Helping and not a Solution for Pain Pill Epidemic