Many Oncologists Recommend Medical Marijuana for Patients

So we have here is an article reporting how oncologists feel about MJ and what they do.

What we do not have is a link to evidence-based, placebo controlled trials of MJ, a federally illegal DEA Schedule I controlled substance ( continued in that position by the last federal administration when they had a chance to change it) in varying “doses” and for varying symptoms, which I would really like to see from moderators.

I know from my own contacts that many people sleep better, have less pain, less PTSD, and feel less anxious with MJ. Others like the vague high or dulling it provides to help forget about discomfort and dysphoria. Same is true for a drink or two for some people. Same is true for some people who take low dose oxy, but oxy is being attacked. Can we finally have some real science showing a comparison of risk/benefit of MJ vs oxy vs a drink or two vs placebo and side effects, or something other than surveys of how oncologists feel about it? Otherwise we may as well be talking about how some people use alternative treatments like vitamins and herbs to feel better, as there is limited to no science on them either.

I am in CA, surrounded by many pot smokers, and have nothing against it in principle if it truly helps people, am just frustrated that after so many years we have so little science.

One other caveat, other than as noted in the article it is verboten for federal employees, is that federal courts have also ruled people do not have a right to purchase or own firearms if they use medical MJ, as one woman learned the hard way (via government database cross-checking). Most people on this mostly politically liberal forum probably do not care about that as they likely dislike guns anyway, but some may. Spousal rights to firearms in the house can also be compromised if there is a MJ user in the house, a “prohibited person”, with access.