Medical Marijuana Medical Marijuana is a controversial topic. Is it safe? Why do some doctors oppose or accept the notion of marijuana for medical purposes? To understand the questions surrounding medical marijuana, you must look to the root of marijuana’s impact in the pharmaceutical world. Marijuana has a complex impact on the human body, meaning that it can be difficult to fully understand how the drug can work when exposed to an intricate subject, such as a chronic illness. The FDA has not approved marijuana as a safe and effective drug for any indication. This drug is fairly new to the pharmaceutical world and no approval does not mean it is safe, because the lack of FDA approval and oversight means that the purity and potency of the
