Medicine by public opinion: Where are the doctors?

Recently I was the only witness to testify against local medical marijuana legislation.  The bill, already endorsed by all members of the Council of the District of Columbia, would allow use of marijuana for “any condition for which treatment with medical marijuana would be beneficial, as determined by the patient’s physician.”  As I waited hours for my turn to highlight the medical evidence about marijuana’s health effects, I sat silently, taking in …

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