Government Ban on Use of Medical Marijuana Debated

Science Friday October 12, 2012

Donald Abrams, Chief of Oncology at San Francisco General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at University of California and Bertha Madras, Professor of Psychobiology at Harvard Medical School debate the government ban on therapeutic use of medical marijuana. They discuss the benefits of marijuana including stimulating appetite, reduce pain, improve sleep, suppress nausea, and possibly fight cancer cells.  Americans for Safe Access will present the scientific case for marijuana’s therapeutic effects to a federal appeals court, in hopes of relaxing federal restrictions.

Click here to listen to the debate.