[mrmagooey]

The paper reports:

> Colorado’s legalization of recreational cannabis sales and use resulted in a 0.7 deaths per month (b = −0.68; 95% confidence interval = −1.34, −0.03) reduction in opioid-related deaths.

Which if I understand right, they're pretty sure it did something, but that something might be so small that the value of reporting it is negligible.

[KGIII]

That seems to imply causation. I am skeptical.

Don't get me wrong, I smoke a lot of pot. I don't do so for health reasons. I just like smoking pot.

The default position I hold is skepticism. There have been some less than truthful claims of efficacy and curative properties.

I'm very much pro legalization. The medicinal benefits have no bearing on this opinion.