Last weekend my son performed in his high school musical and on opening night the show was dedicated to a cast member's sister who passed away that week from an overdose. This teary-eyed high school kid managed to continue to attend each rehearsal and show despite such a horrible tragedy. She had also graduated from the same high school and was only 22. He pointed out that pain relief is the qualifying condition for 81% of Arizona's medical marijuana patients and 76% of Hawaii's patient population. There were nearly 120 million prescriptions for hydrocodone (Vicodin) in 2014 and that declined by 22% to 93.5 million.

Source: Forbes April 06, 2017 17:55 UTC