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It’s a good question and panicky medical pot vendors are already looking to sell at a profit before the market is dominated by big, well-capitalized firms chasing quick bucks.

Does his use of pot reduce his craving for alcohol (as he claims), or is it actually helping to trigger his drinking?

I’ve never had much success explaining to a patient in the first 30 days of recovery that when Bobby smokes dope, it’s medicine, but when Liz lights up, it’s drug abuse.

It’s hard to accept that what began in an effort to help people in pain has turned into this unholy mess.

I’ve come to view it more as a tool for harm reduction than a path to long term recovery, with some notable exceptions.

If you’re not careful, the whole thing turns into an endless game of cat-and-mouse, that leads nowhere.

…in the midst of an epidemic, we’ve actually come up with a way to increase drug use.

That’s the mystery: Not why some people become addicted to certain substances, but why others do not.

“I probably would have taken them anyway. I was really hoping for a chemical fix.”

Just tracking alone seems to significantly reduce reliance on opioids.