March 14, 2011 Medical marijuana, legal in 15 states and the District of Columbia, should be federally regulated according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to strengthen and standardize patient safeguards normally associated with the appropriate clinical use of psychoactive substances. The state-level policies for medical marijuana create a “patchwork system” of safeguards, leaving physicians to regulate use of a substance not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as medicine. Reliable dosing does not exist, production is not standardized, nor has marijuana been thoroughly tested in the same way as other pharmaceuticals. Download the . . .

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The Role of the Physician in Medical Marijuana

March 14, 2011 Medical marijuana, legal in 15 states and the District of Columbia, should be federally regulated according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to strengthen and standardize patient safeguards normally associated with the appropriate clinical use of psychoactive substances. The state-level policies for medical marijuana create a “patchwork system” of safeguards, leaving physicians to regulate use of a substance not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as medicine. Reliable dosing does not exist, production is not standardized, nor has marijuana been thoroughly tested in the same way as other pharmaceuticals. Download the . . .

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