The survey includes responses from 97 local physicians. Of those, roughly half said they would prescribe marijuana and half said they wouldn’t. Some of those in the opposition group practice specialties for which prescribing marijuana wouldn’t apply, however.
John Krah, executive director at the county medical society, told the Gazette the survey results demonstrate physicians’ desire to be compassionate toward patients. “But I think it also shows there are concerns that there are not a lot of scientific studies they consider to be at a level that we evaluate other drugs,” Mr. Krah said.
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