Cannabis Laws and Opioid Use Among Commercially Insured Patients With Cancer Diagnoses
This study's findings indicate cannabis may be a substitute for opioids in the management of cancer-related pain. However, further research directly observing cannabis use is needed to evaluate the efficacy of cannabis as a treatment for cancer-related pain.
Authors
- Shelby R. Steuart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6615-1843)
- Felipe Lozano-Rojas
- Amanda J. Abraham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7455-7464)
- Sumedha Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7924-4160)
- W. David Bradford
- Victoria Bethel
Institutions
- University of Georgia (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Health Forum
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.3512
- Primary Topic
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences