A panel of national experts discuss the validity of cannabis for medical and recreational use in the September/October 2020 issue of Missouri Medicine, the Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association. These experts concur that THC and CBD are not valid medications.
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Six published studies are raising the alarm about the increasing use of cannabis [tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or cannabidiol (CBD)] for medical indications that have not been scientifically shown to help and the number of states inappropriately and detrimentally legalizing both medical and recreational marijuana.
Studies show CBD can be mislabeled, contaminated, and cause adverse reactions as there is scant scientific research to support the many medical benefits that proponents claim. The most recent evidence demonstrates that CBD and THC are both harmful to the eye and make glaucoma worse; yet glaucoma is a legal indication for a medical marijuana card.
Most disturbing of all is the increasing number of premature births, low birthweights, and birth defects associated with cannabis use during pregnancy. Some obstetrics experts are calling cannabis the new thalidomide.
Missouri Medicine also reviews the detrimental effects of legal and recreational marijuana in Colorado as outlined in its 2020 report. Legal marijuana sales in Colorado contributed about 0.85% of state budget; social, judicial and law enforcement costs due to cannabis were much higher.
Missouri should not legalize recreational marijuana. Street and commercial CBD and THC are not medications. Pharmaceutical-grade and FDA-studied and -approved cannabis drugs are promising.
More information can be reviewed on this website: https://www.omagdigital.com/publication/?m=11307&i=676730&p=8