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Medical marijuana may help curb the opioid epidemic by reducing craving and alleviating withdrawal, argues cannabinoid and opioid Mount Sinai researcher.

The Handoff is a weekly roundup of pain management news covering developments in clinical research, pharmaceuticals, pain management guidelines, initiatives to address the opioid epidemic, and technologies for pain. Keep your finger on the pulse of pain research with The Handoff. New guidelines by the American College of Physicians recommend first-line treatments for patients with low…

Aromatherapy may represent an effective additive treatment for pain management.

Selective activation of Cannabinoid Receptor 2 provides analgesia for chronic inflammatory pain with limited addictive potential, according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience.