Medical Marijuana Has Therapeutic Value, More Research Needed – Seacoast Online

Read article - Seddon Savage, adjunct associate professor of anesthesiology and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery & Education, is quoted about how data on marijuana's health impacts are prolific, as scientists have long observed what pot does to the body and mind. But such research is based on recreational cannabis use, not medical. "While there are extensive anecdotal reports and clinical observations accrued over millennia of use," says Savage, "there are very few scientific studies of the efficacy of cannabis and cannabis side effects for different conditions and symptoms, not a fraction of the extensive study that is required to bring medications to market through usual pharmaceutical pathways."