Do most physicians believe in the power of medical marijuana to treat illness?
Most physicians will not admit to believing that marijuana or medicinal cannabis is useful except in very rare instances. This, I think, is the result of the misinformation and myths about marijuana and medical marijuana that have been propagated by the US government ever since the war on drugs began back in 1937. And the fact that the double blind placebo controlled study that is just now coming out and people who have spent their lives believing that marijuana is a highly addictive and dangerous substance are not likely to read or even believe that data. So I think we have a long way to go in educating America’s physicians, nurses, health care practitioners about the truth and the usefulness of medicinal cannabis so that they will feel more comfortable using it. And that really is the purpose of the organization, The Medical Marijuana Policy Advocacy Project that I and others have established.
