Don’t swap out your medications for pot

Whoa!  Stop!  Before you swap out your doctor-prescribed medications for pot, think about what you’re doing.  There’s no denying that pot can treat some conditions and that the non-psychoactive CBD is being used by millions for a wide variety of ailments including anxiety and pain relief.  But, there’s a huge gap between what the true believers believe about the plant and the actual science of the medical findings, so far.  The bottom line is that pot as a powerful medicine is the belief of the uninformed.  Many know nothing about the risks, especially pregnant women using it for nausea and anxiety.  Pharmaceutical-grade medications are carefully formulated and prescribed.  You don’t know what’s in pot and some of those benefits just might be the placebo effect.  You’ve convinced yourself that it works.  More research is needed to help consumers use pot beneficially.