Smoked Pot or Homegrown Pot- Is this the best medicine we can offer in the 21st century?
Medicine is NOT TAXED in Florida.
If the proponents of smoked pot were really concerned about the health and safety of their loved one(s) why don't they use the FDA approved medicine or participate in a clinical trail so more people can benefit from medicine that has been approved for specific diseases, interaction between with other medicines.... maybe more people could benefit if more people participated in studies. Smoked pot has far too many variables from the level of THC (chemical that get a person high) to 400 other chemicals.
These national organization DO NOT ENDORSE SMOKED POT AS A MEDICINE> National Institute of Drug Abuse [4](NIDA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Association [5](SAMHSA), Food and Drug Association [6] (FDA), American Medical Association [7], American Cancer Society [8], National Multiple Sclerosis Society, [9] American Glaucoma Society, [10] American Academy of Pediatrics, [11] American Academy of Ophthalmology [10], Drug Enforcement Agency [12](DEA), American Society of Addiction Medicine [13] (ASAM).
No major national medical association in the United States has expressed support for legalization and many have explicitly stated their opposition to the legalization of marijuana both for recreational and medical purposes (referring to smoked, crude marijuana; components of marijuana indeed have medical use and should be researched and dispensed safely, in non-smoked forms, through pharmacies and physicians).
http://www.justice.gov/dea/docs/marijuana_position_2011.pdf [12]
http://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/marijuana [14]
http://learnaboutsam.com/medicine/ [15]
http://ibhinc.org/pdfs/DraftPublicPolicyStatementonMedicalMarijuana.pdf [16]
http://www.mcaa-mn.org/docs/Policy%20&%20Position%20Papers/LawEnforceCoalitionGeneralReasonsforOppositionReMedicalMarijuana-2013.pdf
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1874073 [17]
Links
[1] http://www.gwpharm.com/Epidiolex.aspx
[2] http://www.msma.org/docs/communications/momed/Medicinal_Use_Cannabis.pdf
[3] http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1874073
[4] http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana-medicine
[5] http://162.99.3.213/products/manuals/matrix/ppt/marijuana.ppt
[6] http://www.fda.gov/newsevents/testimony/ucm114741.htm
[7] http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/20/ama-reaffirms-opposition-to-marijuana-legalization
[8] http://documents.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/001976-pdf.pdf
[9] http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/what-we-know-about-ms/treatments/complementary--alternative-medicine/marijuana/index.aspx
[10] http://one.aao.org/complimentary-therapy-assessment/marijuana-in-treatment-of-glaucoma-cta--may-2003
[11] http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/113/6/1825.full.html
[12] http://www.justice.gov/dea/docs/marijuana_position_2011.pdf
[13] http://www.asam.org/docs/publicy-policy-statements/state-level-proposals-to-legalize-marijuana-finalF82ECCB0BE99.pdf#search=%22medical%20marijuana%22
[14] http://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/marijuana
[15] http://learnaboutsam.com/medicine/
[16] http://ibhinc.org/pdfs/DraftPublicPolicyStatementonMedicalMarijuana.pdf
[17] http://www.mcaa-mn.org/docs/Policy%20&%20Position%20Papers/LawEnforceCoalitionGeneralReasonsforOppositionReMedicalMarijuana-2013.pdf