and yes, Mr. Rosenberg, it IS medicine, whether eaten, vaped, or smoked. Did Obama appoint this clown? He should rescind the appointment. No one this ignorant should be in charge of the DEA.
DEA chief, on smoking marijuana: ‘Don’t call it medicine’
The acting chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday called the concept of smokable medical marijuana “a joke” — and he also implored, “don’t call it medicine.”
In his black-and-white assessment of medical cannabis, DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg also contradicted one of the most important and thorough evaluations of marijuana’s medical applications — an exhaustive analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in June.
“There are pieces of marijuana — extracts or constituents or component parts — that have great promise” medicinally, Rosenberg said while briefing reporters on Wednesday, according to CBS News. “But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana — which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana — it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine.”
Original. Part of the problem here is that marijuana is still a Schedule I drug, and so research on weed as a medicine has been hard to come by. Remove it from Schedule I and the evidence will begin flowing. Most of what we have now is only anecdotal evidence, and mine is that my wife only smokes it (does not eat or vape it) and she gets tremendous pain relief in her neck and back. Combine that with the stress-reducing effect, and marijuana is one of THE most effective "medicines" out there.
BTW, another successful trip to CO for medicine. Denver is the place to be if you want the best and least-expensive strains.
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