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“Our newest poll shows the substitution effect may well be a lot higher than the Pharma industry thinks that it is,”he said. “It estimates that around 40 million Americans use cannabis to some degree as a replacement for prescription drugs. That’s costing Big Pharma billions annually in lost profits.”

Other research on the use of medical cannabis for pain has found that it was “comparatively more effective than prescription medications” for treating chronic pain after a three-month period, and that many patients reduced their use of opioid painkillers while using cannabis.
About one in three chronic pain patients reported using cannabis as a treatment option, according to a 2023 AMA-published report. Most of that group said they used cannabis as a substitute for other pain medications, including opioids.
Other research published that year found that letting people buy CBD LEGALLY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED OPIOID PRESCRIPTION RATES, leading to 6.6 percent to 8.1 percent fewer opioid prescriptions.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/8-in-10-marijuana-consumers-use-it-as-a-substitute-for-prescription-drugs-new-survey-finds/

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1528520/full