Pubdate: Mon, 5 May 2008
Source: Detroit News (MI)
Copyright: 2008, The Detroit News
Contact:  http://detnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/126
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n442/a08.html
Author: Pradeep Srivastava
Note: This is one of eight letters printed on page A18 of The Detroit 
News under the banner headline "Should state legalize medical use of 
marijuana?" filling about half the page opposite the editorial.

MARIJUANA NEEDS STUDY

To paraphrase an old axiom, "Any patient who acts as his own physician
has a fool for a physician." Marijuana should not be accessible to the
general public for several reasons.

First, it has not been studied thoroughly, yet, with respect to its
efficacy and side effects. Second, the layperson without any medical
training cannot be trusted to use it appropriately or effectively.
Third, there are already on the market marijuana pills that can be
prescribed by a physician on a case-by-case basis.

Pradeep Srivastava

Detroit
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