Exclusive commentary: FDA approval of marijuana-based drug ‘should open doors for significant advances’

Charles V. Pollack
The recognition of potential utility of marijuana for medicinal purposes is nothing new. A search in PubMed by Healio Family Medicine found several articles describing the substance’s use as far back as ancient times to treat epilepsy, joint pain, muscle spasms, as well as gout and malaria.
Fast forward to the past few decades, and as medical vocabulary has expanded, so has the use of medical marijuana as evidenced by its use to treat conditions including multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, HIV and AIDS. Some of these medicinal uses (Read more...)

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