Exploring Effects of Simultaneous Opioid, Psychedelic Use for Chronic Pain
Recent research investigating the interaction between psychedelics and opioids has found that using the two together to treat chronic pain may not be a good idea. Opioids have been the go-to treatment for pain disorders for a long time, but they have lost popularity over the past decade, especially as the public became increasingly aware of their side effects amid a deadly opioid crisis. As a wave of drug reform swept across the country, cannabis emerged as one of the most popular alternative treatments for chronic pain because it is generally safer to use and doesn’t have side effects such…