Physician attitudes regarding the prescription of medical marijuana.
Document Type
Article, Non peer-reviewed
Publication Date
9-27-2005
Abstract
Surveys of physicians' attitudes regarding the therapeutic value of marijuana are rare. Drawing on a national sample of family physicians, general internists, obstetrician-gynecologists, psychiatrists, and addiction specialists, 960 (adjusted response rate 66%) offered opinions about the legal prescription of marijuana as medical therapy. Thirty-six percent believed prescribed marijuana should be legal and 26% were neutral to the proposition. Non-moralistic attitudes toward substance use were significantly associated with support for physician prescription, as was internal medicine and obstetrics-gynecology specialization. Physicians are, in general, less supportive than the general American public regarding the use of medical marijuana.
Recommended Citation
Charuvastra, Anthony; Friedmann, Peter D.; and Stein, Michael D., "Physician attitudes regarding the prescription of medical marijuana." (2005). All Scholarly Works. 8455.
https://scholarlycommons.libraryinfo.bhs.org/all_works/8455
PMID
16186085