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The science behind Sanjay Gupta’s WEED 3

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 04/22/2015 - 08:00

Trauma neurosurgeon turned journalist Dr. San Jay Gupta fired another broadside into cannabis prohibition Sunday with the one-hour CNN specialWEED 3, on the eve of 4/20.

In it, the one-time U.S. Surgeon General candidate called for a “medical marijuana revolution” and demanded the botanical be legalized for medical purposes. President Obama seemed to agree.

WEED 3 looked at the use of medical cannabis to treat PTSD, lessen the epidemic of painkiller overdoses in the U.S., treat Alzheimer’s and manage the pain of sickle cell disease. It was a historic moment in medical cannabis’ history to have such a major platform air footage of the kinds of stories that for too long only appear in the dry papers of medical journals. Still, WEED 3 is made all the more compelling by the science behind it, and here are some of the studies underpinning the marijuana revolution.

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