Budding research indicates marijuana could reduce overdose deaths

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Budding research indicates marijuana could reduce overdose deaths

PRINCE GEORGE— Nadine Furnell suffers from chronic pain due to being in six motor vehicle accidents. She was initially prescribed Lyrica for pain management but she says the side effects were too much to bare. “I was on a nerve pain blocker, called Lyrica, which has a lot of really yucky side effects,” says Furnell, a director for the B.C. Craft Cannabis Co-op. “It’s not a nice medication to be on. I didn’t like the way that I felt when I was ta…