• Question: Do you think marijuana should be prescribed to patients with chronic pains and/or illness?

    Asked by 492drud47 to Anne, Florence, Mark, Neil, Sinead on 11 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by 876drud47, Skaiste.
    • Photo: Sinead Balgobin

      Sinead Balgobin answered on 11 Nov 2015:

      If we can prove that it is the most effective and safe way to treat chronic pains or illness, then of course we should prescribe marijuana. But like with all medicine we need to be very careful with making sure it’s safe, used correctly and not abused.

    • Photo: Neil Day

      Neil Day answered on 12 Nov 2015:

      Marijuana does have the potential to be therapeutic in many illnesses but we do have to manage the ‘side effects’ that come with that and therefore the clinical benefits would really have to be proven scientifically

    • Photo: Florence McCarthy

      Florence McCarthy answered on 12 Nov 2015:

      The key to this is to regulate it such that an accurate dosage can be administered and that dosage is consistent. Full scientific and clinical trails are needed to ensure the safety of a medicine and we have learned from history not to treat this lightly. This approach would also decriminalise it.

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