Gregory T. Carter, MD, a rehabilitation-medicine specialist and medical director of St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute in Spokane, Washington, who has studied the use of cannabis for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) and other neuromuscular diseases. He has written two textbooks on the medicinal uses of cannabis and coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles.
It's now prescribed for nerve pain, nausea, certain types of cancer and more. Would you use cannabis (marijuana) if your…
The US government classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 controlled substance—a dangerous drug with no medical value. Yet the Institute…
