It has become standard issue that pot is, if not a form of "medicine," at least not harmful.
One internist, Dr. Sushrut Jangi, begs to differ. See his Boston Globe article, "Can We Please Stop Pretending Marijuana Is Harmless?" He notes that that, behind the momentum to legalize pot...
...is the misconception that the drug can't hurt anybody. It can, especially young people.
The myth that marijuana is not habit-forming is constantly challenged by physicians. "There's no question at all that marijuana is addictive," Dr. Sharon Levy tells me. She is the director of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program at Boston Children's Hospital, one of a few programs designed to preemptively identify substance use problems in teens. At least 1 in 11 young adults who begin smoking will develop an addiction to marijuana, even more among those who use the more potent products that are entering the market.
CJLF takes no position on the legalization of pot.
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