“Turn on, tune out” – America’s Infatuation With Marijuana
Having witnessed first hand the extreme societal turbulence of the 1960s and 1970 I am struck by the striking similarities present in our current national scene. More specifically, I have been absolutely dumbfounded by the support that the “medical” marijuana movement has garnered across much of this nation. As a level headed physician whose medical belief systems are based on scientific knowledge and the credo “do no harm,” I find the groundswell of support for marijuana most troubling. In addition to the carefully studied health…