Waiting to Inhale: The Bizarre History & Ethics of Medical Marijuana - Craig M. Klugman, PhD
When:
Thursday, October 23, 2014
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle Seminar Room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Bryan Morrison
(312) 503-1927
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Academic
Description:
Craig M. Klugman, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Health Sciences
DePaul University
Waiting to Inhale: The Bizarre History & Ethics of Medical Marijuana
The history of marijuana in the United States is a story of politics, racial discrimination, and subterfuge. From being one of the most trusted medicines in the U.S. formulary to being scheduled as a class I drug without medical benefit and high addiction potential, misinformation and fear have surrounded this plant. With many states adopting legalized medical and recreational marijuana, there is a call to remove obstacles to research, to reform draconian laws, and to re-think our social and medical relationship to the whacky weed.