Legal Commentary

This is Your Drug Czar on Drugs

By Jeralyn

Maybe President Obama's new drug czar Gil Kerlikowske was high on some bad drug when he said this in Fresno Wednesday?

[T]he federal government views marijuana as a harmful and addictive drug, he said. "Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit."

NORML responds:[More...]

Hundreds of scientific studies in peer-reviewed journals now document the therapeutic utility of cannabis. That’s why thirteen states, encompassing more than 25 percent of the US population, have legalized the physician-supervised use of pot. To add insult to injury, the Drug Czar was visiting a medical marijuana state (California) when he made his asinine remark.

A new study (pdf)estimates that in 2008, 7,000 doctors have prescribed marijuana for 400,000 patients in states where it is legal.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on July 24, 2009 (boomark / email).