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Federal agency quashes Georgia's plan to let pharmacies sell medical marijuana
(www.seattletimes.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
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Until it is seriously studied with results compared to alternatives (not always a placebo) it isn't medicine doesn't belong in a pharmacy. That applies to marijuana just as much as homeopathy (which also doesn't belong in a pharmacy but is there)
Yes I know studies are hard and expensive. I'm also aware of all the other problems of getting FDA approval for products that are not patentable. Those are issues worth fixing and we can debate sometime what a good fix might be. However the process still exists for good reason, calling anything medicine that doesn't follow the process is a lie.
Oh for fucks sake. People like you will never agree enough studies have been performed.
People like this always default to implying marijuana is some mysterious new invention. It's quite hilarious to read living in a state that first passed MMJ laws 28 years ago and even more hilarious when you learn that people have been using it for thousands of years at this point.