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Barry Dworkin, MD, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa, wrote Sep. 9, 2003 in the Ottawa Citizen:
“There are too many unknown variables and known serious consequences that increase the risk of patient harm contravening the ‘do no harm’ tenet of medical care…
There is a safer drug alternative for some patients that mimics THC’s effects…
Marijuana’s legislated use as a prescription drug circumvents standard drug safety protocols and is not the standard of care. There is a safer drug alternative for some patients that mimics THC’s effects…
I and many other physicians choose not to prescribe marijuana for long-term chronic illness based upon this evidence. I cannot prescribe a medication that has the potential over years of use to cause more known harm and health complications in addition to the patient’s original condition.”
Sep. 9, 2003