ZAMBIA Medical Association urges research on medicinal marijuana

ZAMBIA Medical Association president Dr Aaron Mujajati has suggested that marijuana be subjected to further scientific scrutiny in view of growing debates on its health benefits.

In a statement, Dr Mujajati advised people to be open to new ideas.

“As Zambia Medical Association [ZMA], we are aware of the local sentiments on this subject and the current legal provisions. However, we should not, as a country, shy away from subjecting our practices to further interrogation. We are not an island and our ways of life are affected negatively or positively by the world beyond us,” he stated.

“Medical problems in Zambia are medical problems anywhere in the world. We have benefited from research undertaken elsewhere to solve local health problems because we have been open to new ideas. What then is so special about marijuana that we cannot subject how we currently interface with the subject [to research]?”

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