The nation’s new surgeon general believes medical marijuana “can be helpful.”
“We have some preliminary data that for certain medical conditions and symptoms, that marijuana can be helpful,” Dr. Vivek Murthy said Wednesday on CBS, though he was hesitant to outright endorse legalization of marijuana for medical or recreational purposes.
Murthy, who called marijuana “an interesting story that’s unfolding in our country,” said he is looking forward to what science will say about its efficacy.
via Governing
“I think we’re going to get a lot more data about that,” Murthy said. “I’m very interested to see where that takes us.” Policy, he said, can be created as necessary.
After the interview, the Department of Health and Human Services released a statement to the Huffington Post:
Both recreational and medical marijuana use is legal in Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon. Ten states have both decriminalization laws and medical marijuana legalized, while nine have just legalized medical marijuana.
