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White House Gets Marijuana Science All Wrong

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 08:45
According to a press statement released by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (1), popular culture continuously presents “confusing messages” about marijuana. Furthermore, the document states that political campaigns aimed at legalizing the drug “perpetuate the false notion that marijuana is harmless.”

The statement goes on to say that the Obama Administration persistently opposes legalizing marijuana. Why? Because it believes that making the drug legal would pose a significant health and safety risk to all Americans and would increase the availability and use of illegal drugs.

The White House’s view contrasts to the view of some in the scientific community that the drug actually has positive medical benefits.

For example, in a paper titled “Cannabinoids for Medical Use A systematic Review and Meta-analysis”, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) researched the benefits and adverse effects of cannabis (2).

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