{"id":45795,"date":"2019-06-04T13:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T13:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/stanford-doctor-slams-the-medical-communitys-ignorance-on-cannabis\/"},"modified":"2019-06-04T13:02:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T13:02:13","slug":"stanford-doctor-slams-the-medical-communitys-ignorance-on-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/stanford-doctor-slams-the-medical-communitys-ignorance-on-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford Doctor Slams the Medical Community\u2019s Ignorance on Cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking to discuss your cannabis use with your doctor or emergency room nurse, you may end up being the expert in the room.<\/p>\n<p>According to California physician and Stanford University School of Medicine professor Dr. Nathaniel Morris, America\u2019s doctors desperately need to wisen up about weed. In a new op-ed published by the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/fullarticle\/2734632?guestAccessKey=efaa29e2-ce3f-4b70-a5fc-e054d8673706&amp;utm_source=silverchair&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=article_alert-jamainternalmedicine&amp;utm_content=olf&amp;utm_term=06031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Journal of the American Medical Association<\/em><\/u><\/a> (JAMA) and first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/news\/politics\/jama-most-doctors-know-nothing-about-cannabis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Leafly<\/em><\/u><\/a>, Dr. Morris details a woeful lack of knowledge about marijuana from licensed doctors, even in the face of near ubiquitous use by patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the emergency department, I\u2019ve come to expect that results of urine drug screens will be positive for THC, whether the patient is 18-years-old or 80-years-old,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/fullarticle\/2734632?guestAccessKey=efaa29e2-ce3f-4b70-a5fc-e054d8673706&amp;utm_source=silverchair&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=article_alert-jamainternalmedicine&amp;utm_content=olf&amp;utm_term=06031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Dr. Morris wrote<\/u><\/a>. \u201cWhen I review medications at the bedside, some patients and families hold out THC gummies or cannabidiol capsules, explaining dosages or ratios of ingredients used to treat symptoms, including pain, insomnia, nausea, or poor appetite\u2026 However, evidence suggests that many physicians may be unprepared for this reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite increasing popularity of various THC and CBD products in both legal and prohibition states, America\u2019s medical schools and teaching hospitals have <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/health\/why-are-the-best-doctors-still-nervous-about-medical-marijuana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>largely ignored the cannabis revolution<\/u><\/a>, with very little marijuana education currently available to medical professionals.<\/p>\n<p>In his op-ed, Dr. Morris cites a 2016 study that found only 9% of American medical schools featured medical cannabis curriculum, and another research survey that found only 15% of doctors had reported learning anything about marijuana during medical school or residency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you ask Dr. Morris, though, the lack of cannabis education is unacceptable. And while <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/the-dea-plans-to-grow-more-weed-for-scientific-research-in-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>federally-funded research<\/u><\/a> has been largely hindered by prohibition, state-specific legalization is spreading weekly, and both <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/health\/what-is-endocannabinoid-deficiency-syndrome-and-how-does-weed-treat-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>clinical and anecdotal research<\/u><\/a> into the plant is expanding. As such, there is little excuse for physicians to be all but ignorant of a substance that a significant number of Americans consume both medicinally and recreationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents and fellows should receive instruction pertinent to their fields,\u201d Dr. Morris <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/fullarticle\/2734632?guestAccessKey=efaa29e2-ce3f-4b70-a5fc-e054d8673706&amp;utm_source=silverchair&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=article_alert-jamainternalmedicine&amp;utm_content=olf&amp;utm_term=06031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>detailed<\/u><\/a>. \u201cFor instance, an anesthesiology resident should learn the evidence on marijuana use in pain management, whereas a gastroenterology fellow should understand marijuana\u2019s potential effects on nausea, and a psychiatry resident should consider the associations between marijuana use and psychosis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the country\u2019s medical marijuana evolution is going to be taken seriously, it sure would be nice to have the country\u2019s medical professionals on board, or at least educated enough to help the millions of Americans looking to the plant for relief.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Zach Harris on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10000youtubes?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Twitter<\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With so many Americans currently using cannabis as medicine, Dr. Nathaniel Morris laments a widespread ignorance of the plant among doctors and other medical professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3036],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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