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That was the moment at which I realized I needed to learn something about medical
marijuana
because what I was prepared for in medical school bore no relationship to reality.
Those benefits may not be as huge or as stunning as some of the most avid proponents of medical
marijuana
would have us believe, but they are real.
Surprise number two: medical
marijuana
does have some risks.
Those risks may not be as huge and as scary as some of the opponents of medical
marijuana
would have us believe, but they are real risks, nonetheless.
And that is that a lot of the patients I talked with who've turned to medical
marijuana
for help, weren't turning to medical
marijuana
because of its benefits or the balance of risks and benefits, or because they thought it was a wonder drug, but because it gave them control over their illness.
And when I sat down next to her in a medical
marijuana
dispensary in Northern California to ask her about why she turned to medical marijuana, what it did for her and how it helped her, she started out by telling me things that I had heard from many patients before.
So it's no wonder really that patients like Robin, who I just told you about, who I met in that clinic, turn to medical
marijuana
to try to claw back some semblance of control.
I went to a seedy clinic in Venice Beach in California and got a recommendation that would allow me to be a medical
marijuana
patient.
I got a letter of recommendation that would let me buy medical
marijuana.
It let me experience what patients like Robin experience when they go to a medical
marijuana
dispensary.
There were questions at the outset about who I am, what kind of work I do, what my goals are in looking for a medical
marijuana
prescription, or product, what my goals are, what my preferences are, what my hopes are, how do I think, how do I hope this might help me, what am I afraid of.
People like Robin are turning away from mainstream medicine, turning to medical
marijuana
dispensaries because those dispensaries are giving them what they need.
When I talk to my colleagues, physicians in particular, about medical marijuana, they say, "Oh, we need more evidence.
We do need much more evidence about the benefits of medical
marijuana.
We also need to ask the federal government to reschedule
marijuana
to Schedule II, or to deschedule it entirely to make that research possible.
We also need more research into medical
marijuana'
s risks.
People like Robin aren't seeking out medical
marijuana
because they think it's a wonder drug, or because they think it's entirely risk-free.
The good news though is that there are lessons we can learn today from those medical
marijuana
dispensaries.
Huge opportunities to learn from some of the tricks of those medical
marijuana
dispensaries to provide more education that doesn't require a lot of physician time necessarily, or any physician time, but opportunities to learn about what medications we're using and why, prognoses, trajectories of illness, and most importantly, opportunities for patients to learn from each other.
And last but not least, putting patients first the way those medical
marijuana
dispensaries do, making patients feel legitimately like what they want, what they need, is why, as healthcare providers, we're here.
Medical
marijuana
dispensaries and clinics all across the country are figuring this out.
We need to go visit a few medical
marijuana
dispensaries.
We need to figure out why so many patients like Robin are leaving our mainstream medical clinics and going to these medical
marijuana
dispensaries instead.
You can't get rich selling
marijuana.
They can even use these devices for
marijuana
vaping.
And since the devices use lower temperatures and do not combust or burn the marijuana, they can do this very discreetly, without the distinctive smell of burnt
marijuana.
Teens who use tobacco products are more likely to use
marijuana
and alcohol and also develop depression and anxiety as a teen or as an adult.
Easy access to these devices could have led to more experimentation with
marijuana
and many other vaporizable substances by youth.
It was kind of like the same thing that happens when you, like when you're getting stopped for a traffic ticket in L.A., and the cop drops a bag of
marijuana
in the back of your car, and then charges you for possession of
marijuana.
Our second
marijuana
farm photograph for the morning.
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