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How How To Control Opioid Crisis With Medical Marijuana in Orange County?

In Orange County, treatment of all types of chronic pains, including cancer-related pains with cannabis is permitted. Patients with MMIC are protected under Prop 215 & SB 420. Patients should rethink about choosing between opioids & cannabis. Although use of cannabis is legal, yet patients can benefit in more than one way, if they prefer using medical marijuana in Orange County under the MMIC program.

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How How To Control Opioid Crisis With Medical Marijuana in Orange County?

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  1. How To Control Opioid Crisis With Medical Marijuana in Orange County? Get in touch with us! OUR OFFICE LOCATION: 2001 E 4th Suites 103, Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA. Contact No.:1-657-348-0080.

  2. Opioids are drugs, including illegal heroin, synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, and a wide range of prescription medicines e.g. oxycodone, (oxycontin), hydrocodone (vicodin), codeine, morphine etc. used as pain relievers. About 125 people in America die every day due to overdosing on opiates. In 2015, about 30,000 estimated deaths in America were reported due to an overdose of opioids. Their number continues to increase at an alarming rate. In 2017, it touched more than 70,000 deaths. Besides, more than 2 million people have problems related to the misuse of opioids. How Does This Happen? The main reasons behind such deaths are; a) Opiates are approved by FDA as prescription medicines. b) Opioids are effective in pain management & are widely recommended by physicians;

  3. c) These are addictive; & d) People start misusing opioids once they are prescribed. Because these are available at dispensaries, somehow, addicted people manage to procure opioids. e) Once get addicted to opiates, some people consume overdose that proves fatal. Surveys suggest that about 30% of people who are prescribed opioids misuse them even after they have recovered from the pain. More than 80% of people, who were prescribed heroin, started misusing it. More than 10% of people who misuse it get affected by various disorders. How Can MMIC Program Contain Opioid Crisis? As elaborated in SB 420, The California Dept. of Health Services (CDHS) regulates cannabis program at the State level. At the County level, the task of managing the program has been assigned to the respective counties. In Orange County, this program is run under the name of Medical Marijuana Identification Card (MMIC) Program. In Orange County, treatment of all types of chronic pains, including cancer-related pains with cannabis is permitted. Patients with MMIC are protected under Prop 215 & SB 420. Patients should rethink about choosing between opioids & cannabis. Although use of cannabis is legal, yet patients can benefit in more than one way, if they prefer using medical marijuana in Orange County under the MMIC program. · Marijuana is legal in Orange County and people are free to use it the way they like. Yet using it under an expert consultation of a specialist helps in a speedy recovery. · Medical marijuana is safe & there is no scope of any casualty like that may occur due to excessive use of opiates. · They can have access to cannabis at a lower age, i.e. 18 years as against 21 years for adult users.

  4. · They can save more than 15% in taxes. · They can possess 8 ounces of medical marijuana as compared to 1 ounce permitted to adult users. · They can grow their own crop in 100 sq. feet area as compared to only 6 plants permission to adult users. Patients who have been using opioids can search for marijuana Dispensaries near Me. They can also search the Best Dispensary in Orange County and Orange County recreational Dispensary. This way, they can get in touch with marijuana specialists and avoid using opioids. Thanks for Your Time! BY: - Online Medical Marijuana Card - 420 Evaluations Orange County https://www.medicalmarijuanacardorangecounty.com/

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