Community-Coalition On Drug Awareness
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A Scientific Perspective on Marijuana
on the Eve of Its Legalization
NAADAC Interview of Dr. Darryl S. Inaba, PharmD, CADC-V, CADCIII
In June 2015, the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) interviewed Dr. Inaba regarding the effects and actions of marijuana in the human body.
NAADAC: It seems that the push for medical and legal recreational use of marijuana is reaching a tipping point, what do you think about this development?
I think that people are again ignoring the science and medical community about marijuana as they did when marijuana was made illegal during the mid-1930s. As a clinician who has worked with those who experience medical, emotional and social problems from its use for the past 40 years, I am concerned about the life consequences that legalization will have on those who are vulnerable to developing problems from its use, especially youth users who are most at risk.
-Dr. Daryyly S. Inaba