The Daily Briefing 8.28.2020

Research on the potential harms of cannabis account for roughly half of the $1.5 billion spend over the past decade @science

"Funding for research exploring medical cannabis treatments is also growing."

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/cannabis-research-database-shows-how-us-funding-focuses-harms-drug?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=1dca67c7c7-MR_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-1dca67c7c7-149871813

Legalizing recreational marijuana to raise revenue to offset state budget shortfalls is getting pushback in Florida @sunsentinel

"The idea isn't popular in the conservative Florida legislature and Governor DeSantis opposes full legalization."

Could legalizing recreational marijuana help solve Florida’s COVID-19 budget shortfall?

After outpatient knee surgery, 70 percent of patients receive opioid painkillers—often at strengths that could lead to overdoses and death.

"The links are alarming considering links between first-time opioid users and high-dose prescriptions."

Excessive, high-dose opioids commonly prescribed after knee surgery, Penn study finds