US CA: Column: Doctors' Stance On Pot Is Sick

Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct 2011 – The California Medical Assn. Is Putting the Cart Before the Horse in Urging Legalization of Marijuana So Its Risks and Benefits Can Be Studied. Let’s get this straight: The California doctors lobby believes that marijuana has questionable value as medicine. Pot users risk damage to body and brain. But the drug should be legalized?