 Elizabeth Warren Just Did Something Amazing For Medical Marijuana PolicyThis week, Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Center for Disease Control s Director, Thomas Friedman. In the letter, Warren urges them to begin to consider medical marijuana as a way of combating skyrocketing rates of opioid addiction.Warren called for the CDC to do two things specifically in her letter. Warren wants the CDC to work with other organizations to fill in the  gaps  in the government s knowledge on the  the use, uptake and effectiveness of medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids for pain treatment in states where it is legal . Warren also asked for them to find out more about the  the impact of the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana on opioid overdose deaths .The CDC s own website makes it very clear that there is a problem with patients being overprescribed opiates and the deadly consequences it has had on society. They write: In a period of nine months, a tiny Kentucky county of fewer than 12,000 people sees a 53-year-old mother, her 35-year-old son, and seven others die by overdosing on prescription painkillers obtained from pain clinics in Florida. In Utah, a 13-year-old fatally overdoses on oxycodone pills taken from a friend s grandmother. A 20-year-old Boston man dies from an overdose of methadone, only a year after his friend also died from a prescription painkiller overdose.These are not isolated events. Each day, 44 people in the United States die from overdose of prescription painkillers. Chronic pain is the number one reason that people are prescribed medical marijuana. As much progress as has been made in efforts to legalize medical marijuana have been, there is still a long way to go. 27 states still have yet to legalize medical marijuana. If the CDC were to find enough evidence to come out in support for the legalization of medical marijuana as a way to curb opioid prescriptions, it would be a huge win for medical marijuana advocates.Featured image from elizabethwarren.comNews
elizabeth warren just did something amazing for medical marijuana policythis week senator elizabeth warren sent letter center disease control director thomas friedman in letter warren urges begin consider medical marijuana way combating skyrocketing rates opioid called cdc two things specifically letter warren wants cdc work organizations fill gaps government knowledge use uptake effectiveness medical marijuana alternative opioids pain treatment states legal warren also asked find impact legalization medical recreational marijuana opioid overdose deaths cdc website makes clear problem patients overprescribed operates deadly consequences society they write in period nine months tiny kentucky county fewer people sees mother son seven others die overcoming prescription painkillers obtained pain clinics florida in utah fatally overdose oxycodone pills taken friend grandmother a boston man dies overdose methane year friend also died prescription painkiller isolated events each day people united states die overdose prescription painkillers chronic pain number one reason people prescribed medical marijuana as much progress made efforts legalize medical marijuana still long way go states still yet legalize medical marijuana if cdc find enough evidence come support legalization medical marijuana way curb opioid prescriptions would huge win medical marijuana image
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  Elizabeth Warren Just Did Something Amazing For Medical Marijuana PolicyThis week, Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Center for Disease Control s Director, Thomas Friedman. In the letter, Warren urges them to begin to consider medical marijuana as a way of combating skyrocketing rates of opioid addiction.Warren called for the CDC to do two things specifically in her letter. Warren wants the CDC to work with other organizations to fill in the  gaps  in the government s knowledge on the  the use, uptake and effectiveness of medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids for pain treatment in states where it is legal . Warren also asked for them to find out more about the  the impact of the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana on opioid overdose deaths .The CDC s own website makes it very clear that there is a problem with patients being overprescribed opiates and the deadly consequences it has had on society. They write: In a period of nine months, a tiny Kentucky county of fewer than 12,000 people sees a 53-year-old mother, her 35-year-old son, and seven others die by overdosing on prescription painkillers obtained from pain clinics in Florida. In Utah, a 13-year-old fatally overdoses on oxycodone pills taken from a friend s grandmother. A 20-year-old Boston man dies from an overdose of methadone, only a year after his friend also died from a prescription painkiller overdose.These are not isolated events. Each day, 44 people in the United States die from overdose of prescription painkillers. Chronic pain is the number one reason that people are prescribed medical marijuana. As much progress as has been made in efforts to legalize medical marijuana have been, there is still a long way to go. 27 states still have yet to legalize medical marijuana. If the CDC were to find enough evidence to come out in support for the legalization of medical marijuana as a way to curb opioid prescriptions, it would be a huge win for medical marijuana advocates.Featured image from elizabethwarren.comNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: elizabeth warren just did something amazing for medical marijuana policythis week senator elizabeth warren sent letter center disease control director thomas friedman in letter warren urges begin consider medical marijuana way combating skyrocketing rates opioid called cdc two things specifically letter warren wants cdc work organizations fill gaps government knowledge use uptake effectiveness medical marijuana alternative opioids pain treatment states legal warren also asked find impact legalization medical recreational marijuana opioid overdose deaths cdc website makes clear problem patients overprescribed operates deadly consequences society they write in period nine months tiny kentucky county fewer people sees mother son seven others die overcoming prescription painkillers obtained pain clinics florida in utah fatally overdose oxycodone pills taken friend grandmother a boston man dies overdose methane year friend also died prescription painkiller isolated events each day people united states die overdose prescription painkillers chronic pain number one reason people prescribed medical marijuana as much progress made efforts legalize medical marijuana still long way go states still yet legalize medical marijuana if cdc find enough evidence come support legalization medical marijuana way curb opioid prescriptions would huge win medical marijuana image