'Medical' marijuana is already available
As a physician, I am amazed by the miracle of healing when I see people recover from injury and illness. I am also touched by the sadness and misery of pain that illness brings.
Medical use of marijuana plant as an appetite stimulant, muscle relaxant, anti-convulsant, and for relief of pain and vomiting was first discovered in 1839 by William O'Shaughnessy, an Irish physician working in India.
It is, however, a mind-altering substance with major psychotropic effects, especially on the developing and teenage brain.
It is also a gateway drug, leading to advanced drug use and addiction. Driving under its influence is hazardous.
Societal consequences of marijuana prevalence are being discovered in states that have legalized it. Policy Statement of American Academy of Pediatrics “opposes legalization of marijuana because of potential harms to children and adolescents.”
Studies of the medical uses of marijuana are not fully reliable because the accepted...
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