I was browsing bogleheads tonight when I came across a post from WCI talking about medical marijuana. Here's the relevant text.
"On a side note, I get a kick out of the term "medical marijuana." If it's a medicine, what is the dose? What are the side effects? How should the dose be changed with kidney disease, liver disease, breast-feeding, or pregnancy? What medication reactions should be expected? Just because people call it "medical" doesn't mean it's actually medical.
I have no doubt that smoking pot makes a lot of people feel better about whatever medical issue they have. But let's not kid ourselves about what's going on here. It's just a half-step toward legalized recreational marijuana. I don't even care much about that, to be honest with you, but I think the whole "medical marijuana" thing is a bit ridiculous."
I was pretty surprised that a physician is discounting the medical benefits of marijuana. Maybe I know too many potheads but I thought it was common knowledge that their were benefits of this drug when it comes to increasing appetite, pain relief, seizure disorders (see the CNN piece about this). obviously dosage and testing is not well known because its kinda illegal to research this but certainly it has medicinal benefit that should be investigated, no?
Not to mention the health benefits if it is used as an alternative to alcohol which has plenty of nasty side effects...
"On a side note, I get a kick out of the term "medical marijuana." If it's a medicine, what is the dose? What are the side effects? How should the dose be changed with kidney disease, liver disease, breast-feeding, or pregnancy? What medication reactions should be expected? Just because people call it "medical" doesn't mean it's actually medical.
I have no doubt that smoking pot makes a lot of people feel better about whatever medical issue they have. But let's not kid ourselves about what's going on here. It's just a half-step toward legalized recreational marijuana. I don't even care much about that, to be honest with you, but I think the whole "medical marijuana" thing is a bit ridiculous."
I was pretty surprised that a physician is discounting the medical benefits of marijuana. Maybe I know too many potheads but I thought it was common knowledge that their were benefits of this drug when it comes to increasing appetite, pain relief, seizure disorders (see the CNN piece about this). obviously dosage and testing is not well known because its kinda illegal to research this but certainly it has medicinal benefit that should be investigated, no?
Not to mention the health benefits if it is used as an alternative to alcohol which has plenty of nasty side effects...
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