Many doctors remain leery of Minnesota’s expanding medical marijuana program.
When Dr. Charles Reznikoff, a member of the state’s Task Force on Medical Cannabis Therapeutic Research, sent out an informal survey on the program to hundreds of fellow physicians around the state, the responses were overwhelmingly negative.
By a wide margin, the 262 physicians who responded said they did not know enough about medical marijuana to discuss the risks and benefits with a patient; the majority opposed the idea of expanding Minnesota’s program to pain patients; and most thought the program just meant more hassle and paperwork for them.
“[Medical cannabis] does not occupy a central role in medicine,” Reznikoff, an addiction specialist, told fellow task force members gathered for a meeting Tuesday with legislators in St. Paul. “This isn’t aspirin for heart attacks. This is kind of a novel, unconventional thing we’re doing in this state.”
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Survey: Some Minnesota Doctors Remain Leery of Medical Marijuana
January 13, 2016
