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‘Medical’ marijuana is incompatible with mental health promotion

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‘Medical’ marijuana is incompatible with mental health promotion [1]
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Thursday, April 20, 2017

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  • Research [2]
  • mental health [3]

Similarly, it can be anticipated that if introduced, the indications for the  use of medical cannabinoids would expand well outside of the initial indications. Hence, the medical profession cannot justify the use of medical cannabinoids that would be associated with an iatrogenic risk of serious adverse psychological events.  The use of medical cannabinoids for any purpose, including research under closely observed conditions, is incompatible with mental health promotion.

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[1] http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0004867417705208?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/research
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/mental-health