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The main objection to the medical use of marijuana by the federal government is largely attributable today to a national policy of zero-tolerance toward illicit drugs.
We argue that primary care providers have an ethical obligation to develop competency to provide cannabis to appropriate patients. Furthermore, specific ethical considerations should guide the recommendation of medical cannabis.
An ethical objection to recommendation of medical marijuana use but not attestation of a qualifying condition may hinge on what the physician perceives to be their degree of involvement, and thus, moral culpability, in a patient's immoral action.
In a letter to the editor of the Denver Post, Dr. Christian Thurstone, the director of an adolescent substance abuse treatment program, recounts a story about the ability of a 19-year-old he was treating for severe addiction to easily procure marijuana under the guise of medical need:
14 paź 2021 · In recent decades, several political, legislative, judicial, consumer, and commercial processes around the world have advanced legalization efforts for the use of medical cannabis (MC).
Introduction. The key to being a successful medical cannabis advocate is effective communication. Specifically, advocates must be able to: 1) convey the most important arguments in support of medical cannabis laws, and 2) respond to arguments made in opposition to medical cannabis laws.
Controversy in the United States about the decriminalization of cannabis to allow health care providers to recommend it for therapeutic use (medical marijuana) has been based on varying policies and beliefs about cannabis rather than on scientific evidence.
