Potentially Flawed University Study Reports Adults Who Mix Cannabis with Opioids for Pain Relief Experience Higher Anxiety and Depression

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Aug. 23, 2019 – Published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine (JMA) the study, is entitled, Opioid and Cannabis Co-use Among Adults with Chronic Pain. The study implies that when compared to opioid use alone, opioid and cannabis co-use is associated with elevated anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as tobacco, alcohol, cocaine, and sedative use issues, and does not diminish pain, according to the University of Houston’s website.

The primary researcher, Andrew Rogers, is a doctoral student in clinical psychology who works in the University of Houston Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory and its Substance Use Treatment Clinic. Rogers surveyed 450 adults throughout the United States who had experienced moderate to severe pain for more than three months. Given the fact that cannabis potentially has analgesic properties, some people are turning to it to manage their pain potentially,” Andrew Rogers, said in describing his published work.

The study implies that if a participant is taking opioids and using cannabis, they will have more anxiety and depression. The use of more than one substances is generally associated with worse outcomes than single substance use, according to Rogers.