Doctors, pharmacies adjusting to opioid crisis

This story provides a look at how local medical professionals are dealing with the nation’s opioid crisis. Research conducted by UTMB’s Mukaila Raji is mentioned in the story linking lower opioid use rates to states with medical cannabis laws. “We found significant interaction between age and cannabis law on opioid prescriptions,” said Raji. [See the attached file for the full text of the story.]