Thanks to Dr. Sanjay Gupta-- as he continues to report on the benefit of medicinal marijuana. "I have seen those molecules turned into medicine that has quelled epilepsy in a child and pain in a grown adult. I've seen it help a woman at the peak of her life to overcome the ravages of multiple sclerosis."
He questions why the pushback from the FDA when the US government currently holds a patent to use cannabinoids medicinally--. "Patent No. 6630507: Cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke or trauma.
However, this particular issue still bothers me: How can the government deny the benefits of medical marijuana even as it holds a patent for those very same benefits? Members of the Food and Drug Administration declined my repeated requests for an interview." http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/health/gupta-medical-marijuana/index.html


Gupta: 'I am doubling down' on medical marijuana
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I am more convinced than ever that it is irresponsible to not provide the best care we can, care that often may involve marijuana.