But despite the drill, Abrams came out a winner. He prescribed the weed to her Majesty for her cramps. Even more recently, an editorial last year in the New England Journal of Medicine openly supported physicians' rights in prescribing medicinal marijuana. I recommend cannabis because it has medicinal value. I recommend it where indicated because it's reasonable, responsible medicine.
Cannabis is one more tool.
It's not a magic bullet. It's not the answer for everybody who has a condition for which this may be beneficial. Meanwhile, the cost of policing the situation is enough to give anyone a headache. It's sort of like the little Dutch boy with his thumb in the dike. I really think they are afraid that my study will actually show a therapeutic application for cannabis, and then the whole dike will come tumbling down, and they'll end up with a situation they're not prepared to deal with.