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Dr. Laszlo Mechtler, medical director of Dent Neurologcal Institute, says when it comes to prescribing medical marijuana, “We want to go by the book. ... with medical marijuana, there is no book.”
The Dent Neurologic Institute in Amherst receives as many as 100 calls a day about medical marijuana, and for good reason.
Of the 226 doctors certified to recommend marijuana in New York State as of last week, 12 of them work at Dent.
Dent wants to be on the leading edge of using and researching marijuana for treatment in Western New York. But don’t expect a flood of recommendations for their patients to use the drug, said Dr. Laszlo Mechtler, Dent’s medical director.
While a strong advocate for marijuana’s use where the scientific evidence shows it can help, Mechtler – like many other physicians – remains wary about the drug.
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