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ArticleCureus2021

Emergency Medicine Physicians Would Prefer Using Cannabis Over Opioids for First-Line Treatment of a Medical Condition if Provided With Medical Evidence: A National Survey.

Kevin M Takakuwa, Raquel M Schears

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin M TakakuwaEmergency Medicine, Society of Cannabis Clinicians, Sebastopol, USA.
Raquel M SchearsCollege of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.
University of Central Florida · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine emergency medicine (EM) physicians' preferences for using medical cannabis versus opioids if medical cannabis was legalized.

methodsWe surveyed US physicians at the largest national EM conference (American College of Emergency Physicians' Annual Conference) held in San Diego, CA from October 1 to 4, 2018. Of the thousands of conference participants approached, 539 US physicians completed the anonymous written survey, which represented 15.2% of the US physicians attending the conference.

resultsThe mean age of the participants was 39.6 ± 10.9 years, men composed 57.5% of the participants, and whites made up 72.8% of the respondents. Participants practicing in medically legal (54.8%) and medically plus adult-use legal cannabis states (23.1%) totaled 77.9%. A majority (70.7%) of the participants believed that cannabis has medical value. EM physicians preferred cannabis over opioids as a first-line treatment addressing a medical condition provided that medical studies found that cannabis was equally effective (p < 0.001,

conclusionOur study shows that EM physicians believe cannabis has medical value and would prefer using cannabis over opioids if provided with equivalent findings. We believe our findings reflect EM physicians' experience of the opioid epidemic and suggest the need for further study of this potential therapeutic.

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emergency departmentemergency medicinemedical cannabisnational surveyopioid epidemictreatment preference

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PMID34926086
PMCPMC8673685
OpenAlexW3211916291

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