Although more than half of the nation has recognized the cannabis plant, in some form or fashion, for its medicinal capabilities, the acting chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Chuck Rosenberg, still believes that “marijuana is not medicine.”
At a recent event in Ohio, one of the 29 states to legalize a comprehensive medicinal cannabis program, Rosenberg told the crowd that marijuana does not, in any way, have therapeutic benefits in a manner similar to prescription drugs approved by the U.S. government.
He then explained that as soon as “science” proves pot to be medicinally applicable, he would not argue against it.
“If it turns out that there is something in smoked marijuana that helps people, that’s awesome,” he said, according to the Washington Examiner. “I will be the last person to stand in the way of that. … But let’s run it through the Food and Drug Administration process, and let’s stick to the science on it.”
Rosenberg must have been on vacation earlier this year when a group of the nation’s leading scientific minds known as the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine published a detailed analysis of more…