Opioids From a Vending Machine? Actually, It's Selling a New Way to Look at Marijuana

Chicago pop-up offers an alternative for pain management

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In 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control, there was a 10 percent national increase in overdose deaths due to opioids. In Illinois, the increase was even higher, at more than 13 percent.

Medical marijuana advocates have argued that pot is a safer alternative to opioids when it comes to pain management and should be considered as part of the solution in stemming the deadly epidemic.

To that end, a vending machine recently made its way through Chicago to dispense not a new kind of prescription, but educational notes in praise of marijuana.

Created by Chicago-based agency Tom, Dick & Harry Creative Co.,

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