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Mehmet Oz on Drugs
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Cannabis safer than alcohol & safer than narcotics
Oz, who previously asserted that marijuana could represent a tool to combat the opioid epidemic and has made other public comments about the plant's therapeutic potential, said "I'm hoping the federal government at some point--someone's going to
say, 'come on, this is a farce, open it up for the entire country.' That way, the right people can begin to prescribe it.""We ought to completely change our policy on marijuana. It absolutely works.
Now I've seen this helping people with sleep issues, with pain issues for sure, and a lot of people who have serious medical problems getting relief--and here's the thing, you can't die from it.
I'm unaware of any case when anyone has overdosed."
"It's a lot safer than alcohol. It's safer than narcotics. It ought to be used more widely and we can't even study it that easily because of the way it's regulated," he said.
Source: Marijuana Moment blog on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
, Dec 6, 2021
Marijuana not gateway to narcotics, may be the exit drug
Opponents of legalizing marijuana have long claimed that it is a "gateway drug" that leads to use of other substances. But one of the country's most famous physicians says the opposite might be true. "The real story is the hypocrisy around medical
marijuana," Mehmet Oz -- better known as Dr. Oz -- said in an appearance on Fox News. "People think it's a gateway drug to narcotics. It may be the exit drug to get us out of the narcotic epidemic."
Source: Forbes magazine on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
, Sep 19, 2017
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