The Connecticut Hospice’s MMJ Trials to Replace Opiates By Brittany Morgan Williams Marijuana has often been lauded as a more positive alternative to opioids in the marijuana world. But there weren’t any clinical trials in the medical world to prove its positive uses due to many reasons: its categorization as a Schedule 1 drug, finding the correct weed plants and having to apply for a license from the DEA. Until now. At Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut, they started a research program in reaction to the opioid epidemic. Opioids may result in severe addiction, and even … Continue reading The Connecticut Hospice