Advocates Urged Not to Lose Sight of Marijuana's Medicinal Properties

Posted by 21pc on October 22, 2010
In a recent editorial published in the San Diego Tribune, Dr. Igor Grant reminds medical marijuana advocates that even with the hotly debated Proposition 19 on California's ballot this November, we have to keep our eyes on the prize. In this case, that means "thoughtful, continued research" into the therapeutic properties of marijuana.  Dr. Grant, a professor and Executive Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, cites three recently published studies that indicate "marijuana effectively blunts neuropathic pain in some people." He acknowledges that while this is a limited number of small studies, the results of these studies argue for more testing in the future. And to get there, we can't let ourselves or our cause get mired in the politics of legalization.