He says he has treated hundreds of people with marijuana to wean them off opioid painkillers. Sulak was curious as to why some of his patients didn't need to increase their opioid doses, so he asked them what was different. 40,000 pills over 10 yearsIn the past 10 years, Schechter estimates, he took almost 40,000 opioid pills, all prescribed to him by his doctors. Schechter told his neurologist, "I really am starting to doubt whether this is even having any effect because I'm in so much neuropathic pain." According to the Drug Enforcement Administration , marijuana is a Schedule I drug, meaning it has no medical use and a high potential for abuse.

Source: CNN April 29, 2018 12:11 UTC