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Home 🌿 Cannabis Technology News 🌿 Ganja on a new high - Jamaican researcher welcomes CNN's celebrity doctor's late endorsement of medicinal properties of the weed 🌿Ganja on a new high - Jamaican researcher welcomes CNN's celebrity doctor's late endorsement of medicinal properties of the weed
Erica Virtue, Senior Gleaner Writer
Jamaican scientist Dr Henry Lowe has welcomed the decision by celebrity doctor and chief medical correspondent of the Cable News Network (CNN), Sanjay Gupta, to join those endorsing the medical properties of ganja.
Gupta, who was President Barack Obama's pick for Surgeon General, previously strongly opposed the use of ganja for any reason.
But he recently admitted that he has been part of those misleading individuals on the medical uses of the weed.
"Gupta has seen the light and although his apology is late, it is welcomed," said Lowe in an interview with The Sunday Gleaner.
Lowe, who specialises in medicinal chemistry and who is author of the book, Ganja - the Jamaican connection, is now preparing for the third edition of the book in time for a conference on the drug in September in Jamaica.
"I have been supporting ganja for its medicinal uses...
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