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[Moliere]

Totally agree with textech. Medical marijuana should go through the same FDA process as all other drugs.

[Topper]

"Every study since O’Shaughnessy’s initial report has documented a high incidence (so to speak) of psychotropic effects. These range from excitement to sedation (even to the point of “cataleptic stupor”), disinhibition, and disorientation.

Although a few patients may report some of these effects as acceptable to achieve relief of their symptoms, most patients have reported them as undesirable. In the current study, they were an important factor in the early cessation of the trial.

The legalization of medical marijuana, supported by ongoing anecdotal evidence widely reported on the Internet, and the support of patient advocacy groups continue to expand. However, making marijuana legal does not make it effective. Physicians, especially anesthesiologists involved in the management of pain and the side effects of analgesics, will be queried by our patients whether marijuana is right for them. We may be asked to provide prescriptions for medical marijuana.

Even O’Shaughnessy concluded his article with the statement on his findings that “…be it true or false, I deem it my duty to publish it without any avoidable delay, in order that the most extensive and the speediest trial may be given to the proposed remedy.”

More than a century and a half after O’Shaughnessy’s report, we still have not documented the efficacy of marijuana for any medical indication other than as a transient treatment for sobriety."

http://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...vidence.4.aspx

Medical marijuana is not backed by a single good randomized double-blinded controlled study. It is great for getting high and little else. The source for the above editorial is Anesthesia & Analgesia November 2015, one of the two most respected journals in the field of anesthesiology. The authors have no political or financial agenda and their conclusions came after doing a massive review of all the actual research into the use of marijuana for all sorts of indications. If any of you are interested in the editorial article or the journal article I'm happy to send along the PDF.

71% of Utahns also probably think essential oils cure cancer, just because the population is easily fooled by pop culture and snake oil salesman doesn't mean that legalizing marijuana is prudent, good public policy, or a good medical decision.


(I reread the editorial and both authors did disclose involvement with a patent related to a peripheral cannabinoid receptor CB-2.)

I was under the impression medical marijuana also helped cancer patients with nausea induced by chemo treatments.

[TexTechCoug]

I was under the impression medical marijuana also helped cancer patients with nausea induced by chemo treatments.

There is very scant evidence of its efficacy. Marijuana and its derivatives don't really pass muster because they aren't particularly good at treating nausea and the very high rate of undesirable psychotropic effects.

Many people believe marijuana is effective because of a very strong propaganda program backed by lots of anecdotes and limited poor quality evidence.