A Columbia professor just nailed the simple reason we need to keep studying marijuana
Marijuana's official designation as a Schedule 1 drug — something with "no accepted medical use" — means it is pretty tough to study.
That can be frustrating to scientists who, regardless of their position on its legal status, almost uniformly agree that more rigorous scientific analyses of the drug are desperately needed.
Marijuana isn't as simple as it seems. It's a plant made up of hundreds of different compounds — each of which have a variety of potential effects ranging from pain relief to reducing blood pressure. Some of them play no role in getting you high.
As a result, many experts say, barring marijuana research with a sweeping, all-inclusive ban simply doesn't make sense.
"In terms of does cannabis hold any therapeutic potential, cannabis contains many constituents. It’s not just THC. And whether these have medicinal properties that can be used, the answer is very likely, and they should be studied,"Dr. Jeffrey...
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