Herbs get studied as well- just not as often bc there’s no money in them. There’s an abundance of strong science showing effectiveness of food/herb based solutions for various ailments.
In the U.S., cannabis was widely utilized as a patent medicine during the 19th and early 20th centuries, described in the United States Pharmacopeia for the first time in 1850. Federal restriction of cannabis use and cannabis sale first occurred in 1937 with the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act.
It's been studied since the 1960s by the father of cannabis Raphael Mechoulam, a pioneering Israeli chemist who is credited with opening the field of cannabis science.
Sorry I guess I mean "relative" infancy by science standards. We've known positive properties of many different compounds like cannabis for a long time, but the definitive evidence for use in things like chronic pain, migraine, etc is really only recently being acknowledged in the field as a whole.
Try asking a Dr to write a prescription in Idaho or Indiana. And then there are companies like Ballard Health out of Tennessee who, if you test positive for cannabis, you can not get certain medications prescribed. Cannabis is not considered mainstream medication yet. Still classified as alternative
Only 13% of medical schools have any kind of cannabis education. Doctors aren't taught about the enndocannabinoid system. It's not legal in every state. Most doctors don't know enough about cannabis, drug interaction, chemistry, or about the benefits/ risks of cannabis use. It is still not accepted
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Not that long ago, at all...