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Breaking the Cycle of Opioid Addiction: Supplement Your Pain Management with Cannabis
240Overview
Opioid addiction has exploded to epidemic proportions in the U.S. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death. In 2012, 259 million prescriptions were written for opioids—more than enough to give every American adult their own bottle of pills. Uwe Blesching, author of The Cannabis Health Index, clearly and thoroughly lays out the overwhelming benefits of using cannabis—not only to reduce the nation’s dependence on opioids—but also to manage the craving and withdrawal symptoms of opioid addiction, and especially to address the pain that leads to drug use and addiction in the first place. Citing statistics showing that states allowing legal access to cannabis have seen a 25 percent drop in opioid-related deaths, Blesching explains how precision applications of cannabis can alleviate the mental and emotional aspects of pain by modulating numerous neurotransmitters and their emotional counterparts. He presents a convincing case for the powerful benefits of cannabis in reducing the risks of addiction and overdose, cutting monetary costs, and restoring a sense of balance and control to those who struggle with pain.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781623171865 |
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Publisher: | North Atlantic Books |
Publication date: | 06/12/2018 |
Pages: | 240 |
Sales rank: | 1,248,211 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 The Opioid Crisis: Where We Are and How We Got Here 7
2 The History and Science of Opioids, in Brief 15
3 Cannabis, the Endocannabinoid System, and Pain: A Brief Overview 39
4 Pain: Contrasting Opioids and Cannabinoids in Pain Management 59
5 Opioid Withdrawal: The Current State of Affairs and New Possibilities 89
6 The Endocannabinoid System and Its Role in Returning Balance to Body, Mind, and Emotions 99
7 Determining Vulnerabilities to Addiction and Developing Effective Means of Shoring Up One's Defenses 117
8 The Pathologization of Euphoria: Rethinking the Idea that Euphoria Is a Side Effect and Reclaiming Its Capacity for Deep Healing 133
9 Conclusion: Putting It All Together 139
Notes 149
Bibliography 189
Acknowledgments 225
Index 227
About the Author 232