Medical marijuana is legal in 33 states as of November 2018. Yet the federal government still insists marijuana has no legal use and is easy to abuse. In the meantime, medical marijuana dispensaries have an increasing array of products available for pain, anxiety, sex and more.
The glass counters and their jars of products in the dispensary resemble an 18th century pharmacy. Many strains for sale have evocative and magical names like Blue Dream, Bubba Kush and Chocolope. But what does it all mean? Are there really differences in the medical qualities of the various strains? Or, are the different strains with the fanciful names all just advertising gimmicks?
Rafael, a Chumash who shared Californian Native American cultural knowledge with anthropologists in the 1800s. (Credit: Leon de Cessac)
Leon de Cessac
I am a professor in the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy. I have lived in California a ...
