{"id":6304,"date":"2016-07-07T08:18:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T08:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cannitrol.com\/\/?p=6304"},"modified":"2016-07-07T08:18:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T08:18:55","slug":"after-medical-marijuana-legalized-medicare-prescriptions-drop-for-many-drugs-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/after-medical-marijuana-legalized-medicare-prescriptions-drop-for-many-drugs-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"After Medical Marijuana Legalized, Medicare Prescriptions Drop For Many Drugs &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/after-medical-marijuana-legalized-medicare-prescriptions-drop-for-many-drugs-npr\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLKOfvqasJpOZYyL3J1IHm-j_zpA&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52779151170101&amp;ei=VA5-V6ixB9Gd3QG4voG4Ag&amp;url=http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/07\/06\/484977159\/after-medical-marijuana-legalized-medicare-prescriptions-drop-for-many-drugs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuAPXBxRRHLMWMo-JUTNZJm115XfTTjQUY5tUN0vtp4XsqK2QbPBbn-D7zZacYWb5miYUsF6M\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><br \/><font size=\"-2\">NPR<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLKOfvqasJpOZYyL3J1IHm-j_zpA&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52779151170101&amp;ei=VA5-V6ixB9Gd3QG4voG4Ag&amp;url=http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/07\/06\/484977159\/after-medical-marijuana-legalized-medicare-prescriptions-drop-for-many-drugs\"><b>After Medical <b>Marijuana<\/b> Legalized, Medicare Prescriptions Drop For Many Drugs<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">Research published Wednesday found that states that legalized medical <b>marijuana<\/b> \u2014 which is sometimes recommended for symptoms like chronic pain, anxiety or depression \u2014 saw declines in the number of Medicare prescriptions for drugs used to treat&nbsp;&#8230;<\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><a 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