U.S. Doctors Support Marijuana For Medical Use

Washington (dbTechno) - A leading group of U.S. doctors has come out and stated that they support marijuana for medical use. They are pushing the U.S. government to see their point of view and to support studies which show the medical benefit of marijuana.

The American College of Physicians has put out a statement on medical marijuana. They are the second-largest doctors group in the United States and is made up of 124,000 doctors.

In their statement they showed evidence that marijuana is good for medical use, and can be used to treat severe weight loss from AIDS, as well as other side effects of common treatments such as chemotherapy in cancer patients.

The group stated “Additional research is needed to clarify marijuana’s therapeutic properties and determine standard and optimal doses and routes of delivery.

Unfortunately, research expansion has been hindered by a complicated federal approval process, limited availability of research-grade marijuana and the debate over legalization.”

The president of the group, Dr. David Dale, stated “The richness of modern medicine is to carefully evaluate new treatments. Marijuana has been in a special category because of, I suppose, its abuses and other concerns.”

They state that they encourage the use of marijuana for therapeutic, medical reasons.

They want the U.S. government to review marijuana and further study it to see its benefits.