02-04-2015, 06:50 PM
Top Doctors Support Marijuana Research and/or Legalization
We're behind the times, in my opinion. Medicinal marijuana should be legal in every state by now, not just a handful. But, at least we seem to be moving in the right direction in terms of support and research from the medical community.
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Dr. Vivek Murthy ^, the nation's newest surgeon general, says that marijuana "can be helpful" for some medical conditions, and wants science to dictate policy on the federally banned substance.
"We have some preliminary data that for certain medical conditions and symptoms, that marijuana can be helpful," Murthy said during a Wednesday interview on "CBS This Morning" in response to a question about his stance on marijuana legalization.
Murthy isn't the first surgeon general to question U.S. drug policy. In 1993, Joycelyn Elders, the surgeon general under President Bill Clinton, said she believed that legalizing drugs in the U.S. would "markedly reduce our crime rate." Then in 2010, Elders called for the legalization of marijuana.
Other high-profile doctors have also come out in support of medical marijuana. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent and Obama's first choice to be surgeon general when he first took office 2009, produced two documentaries for the cable channel exploring the benefits of medical marijuana. Just last year, Gupta stated that he thinks the federal government should legalize medical marijuana.
Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/04...14226.html
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Recreational Marijuana Legalization - Ironing Out the Glitches & Raking in $$$$$$
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Colorado seems to be pulling it together in terms of fixing problems associated with recreational marijuana labeling and consumer safety. The state has made a damned fortune since it started taxing retail recreational marijuana; way more than originally estimated. In the first 18 months since legalization, the tax revenue = $184 million.
But, the state has also had problems with buyers over-consuming edibles.
As a result, packages must now contain products with individual doses of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, and must be child proof. Producers and retailers have raced to meet the new regulations. I saw some of the new candy bars where instead of the brand name or pot leaf being embossed on each square (like the ones above), "10mg" was instead embossed -- good idea.
Refs:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/20/news/eco...-colorado/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-mov...-products/
We're behind the times, in my opinion. Medicinal marijuana should be legal in every state by now, not just a handful. But, at least we seem to be moving in the right direction in terms of support and research from the medical community.
Dr. Vivek Murthy ^, the nation's newest surgeon general, says that marijuana "can be helpful" for some medical conditions, and wants science to dictate policy on the federally banned substance.
"We have some preliminary data that for certain medical conditions and symptoms, that marijuana can be helpful," Murthy said during a Wednesday interview on "CBS This Morning" in response to a question about his stance on marijuana legalization.
Murthy isn't the first surgeon general to question U.S. drug policy. In 1993, Joycelyn Elders, the surgeon general under President Bill Clinton, said she believed that legalizing drugs in the U.S. would "markedly reduce our crime rate." Then in 2010, Elders called for the legalization of marijuana.
Other high-profile doctors have also come out in support of medical marijuana. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent and Obama's first choice to be surgeon general when he first took office 2009, produced two documentaries for the cable channel exploring the benefits of medical marijuana. Just last year, Gupta stated that he thinks the federal government should legalize medical marijuana.
Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/04...14226.html
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Recreational Marijuana Legalization - Ironing Out the Glitches & Raking in $$$$$$
Colorado seems to be pulling it together in terms of fixing problems associated with recreational marijuana labeling and consumer safety. The state has made a damned fortune since it started taxing retail recreational marijuana; way more than originally estimated. In the first 18 months since legalization, the tax revenue = $184 million.
But, the state has also had problems with buyers over-consuming edibles.
As a result, packages must now contain products with individual doses of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, and must be child proof. Producers and retailers have raced to meet the new regulations. I saw some of the new candy bars where instead of the brand name or pot leaf being embossed on each square (like the ones above), "10mg" was instead embossed -- good idea.
Refs:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/20/news/eco...-colorado/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-mov...-products/