Doctor Answers Questions About Legal Medical Marijuana Use (VIDEO)

Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician Pharmacologist and Toxicologist. He is an expert in the legal use of marijuana for healthcare.

Dr. Phil Leveque and Bonnie King from Salem-News.com

(SALEM, Ore.) - Dr. Phillip Leveque and Bonnie King do their best to share helpful information with the latest round of Salem-News.com and Google Video visitor's questions. This video is part of a continuing series that offers information and question and answer segments on medical marijuana, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other medical conditions.

As an Osteopath, Dr. Leveque treated Vietnam veterans along with many other people over the years who suffered from PTSD. When medical marijuana came into view as a legal option, Leveque was at the forefront of the political machine that helped legalize cannabis use for sick people in Oregon.

While Oregon's medical marijuana program is restrictive and small when compared to California's, it is considered to be very successful by experts like Leveque. He says marijuana is a simple answer for many people and the "Reefer Madness" mentality is unfortunately, alive and well. This involves government statements about ill effects of marijuana that are largely contrived, and fly in the face of data that the federal government itself has gathered.

One of the trends in recent weeks has been for Oregon police to send out news releases that "tie" medical marijuana to other, more serious crimes. Rather than making our streets safer, they are in the game of politics to help further demonize a legal substance for sick people.

To assume that all people who use the herb for medical purposes will break no other laws seems absurd, and decisions of police agencies to politically maneuver public thinking through media releases seems a sad use of taxpayer time and an act that is hostile and aggressive in nature toward something Oregon's voters have repeatedly voted for.

Dr. Leveque and other medical experts have stated for years that there is no possible way for marijuana use to lead to death; it is a natural substance that treats a large number of illnesses, yet threatens a specific group of industries; the timber industry, the petroleum industry, and probably most of all the pharmaceutical industry.

Here is the video report, courtesy of Google Video:

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More information on the history of Dr. Leveque can be found in his book, General Patton's Dogface Soldier of WWII about his own experiences "from a foxhole".
Order the book by mail by following this link: Dogface Soldier

Watch for more streaming video question and answer segments about medical marijuana with Bonnie King and Dr. Phil Leveque.

Click on this link for other articles and video segments about PTSD and medical marijuana on Salem-News.com:
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