Filmmakers Ben Daitz and Ned Judge’s short documentary on the state of medical marijuana use and its effectiveness in the U.S. delivers a snapshot of the ways in which some patients are benefiting from CBC, THC, and other chemical compounds found in marijuana, while noting that further research in the field remains hampered by longstanding federal regulations. Interviews with oncologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and other practitioners and researchers—as well as patients—underscore the often dramatic therapeutic benefits of marijuana for people with epilepsy, chronic pain, nausea from chemotherapy, PTSD, and other conditions. A segment on whether marijuana has any effect on cancer suggests that available evidence is weak. But this observation also relates to frustrations with the chokehold that the federal government places on legitimate research and the practice of medicine. One ludicrous result from the way that doctors’ hands are tied is that unregulated "bud-tenders"—i.e., people who work in legal pot shops—are often in the best position of advising patients on what to use for a variety of therapies. The anecdotal material here makes a quite powerful argument about how suffering can be alleviated by medicinal marijuana administered in different forms. Recommended. Aud: C, P. (T. Keogh)
The Medicine in Marijuana
(2018) 35 min. DVD: $275. Bullfrog Films. PPR. SDH captioned. ISBN: 1-948745-20-8. Volume 34, Issue 6
The Medicine in Marijuana
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