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Showing posts with label Psychiatry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psychiatry. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Blurred Boundaries: The Therapeutics & Politics of Medicinal Marijuana (Mayo Clinic video)
J. Michael Bostwick, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Rochester, discusses the issue of medical marijuana. In 1970, the Federal Government declared cannabis to be a dangerous drug of abuse without any medical benefit and made it illegal. Over the past two decades, however, more than 20 states have taken matters into their own hands in defiance of federal law and legalized marijuana for medical purposes, recreational use, or both. The result is chaos for physicians and patients alike because there is no uniform law of the land.
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Pat Rich @cmaer: Good Mayo clinic overview of "chaotic" medical marijuana situation facing US physicians
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Pat Rich @cmaer: Good Mayo clinic overview of "chaotic" medical marijuana situation facing US physicians
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Prozac "Revolution in a Capsule" - Retro Report by The New York Times
When Prozac was introduced in 1988, the pill to treat depression launched a cultural revolution that continues to echo. Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/XMXik9