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[GUEST OPINION] Fact check on marijuana use for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder

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By Dr. Sue Sisley, assistant director of interprofessional education and assistant professor of internal medicine and psychiatry at the University of Arizona

In her Dec. 1 op-ed on AZ Central, Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk echoed a misleading statement from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website claiming that the agency “permits or funds studies on therapeutic benefits of marijuana.”

A 1999 guidance issued by the Department of Health and Human Services expressly forbids NIDA from providing marijuana for studies intended to develop the marijuana plant into a prescription medicine approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

The National Cancer Institute study cited by Ms. Polk was on isolated cannabinoids, not the marijuana plant.

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If you’d like to discuss medical marijuana, contact Ryan Hurley, director of the Rose Law Group Medical Marijuana Dept. rhurley@roselawgroup.com

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