Pubdate: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 Source: Toronto Star (CN ON) Copyright: 2014 The Toronto Star Contact: http://www.thestar.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/456 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n088/a09.html Author: Richard Kadziewicz 'REEFER MADNESS' MENTALITY IS OUTDATED Re: Doubts remain on medical marijuana, Letter Jan. 24 Dr. Francescutti goes on about a lack of serious clinical testing with regards to medical marijuana (of which there is an abundance) and asks whether Canadians would want their physicians to prescribe something that has not been peer reviewed. But doctors were more than willing to prescribe OxyContin to thousands of patients, ending in an epidemic, stating this peer-reviewed drug was perfectly safe. Now the intimation is to spend another decade or so going over the same information we've had for decades. Why this double standard? Richard Kadziewicz, Scarborough - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom