CNN Doctor Presses Jeff Sessions to Support Marijuana to Combat Opioid Epidemic

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By David Bauder AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN medical correspondent Dr. But he said he didn’t want to confuse the two issues. “People commingle the two issues and I think it’s really hurt the medical marijuana movement,” he said. The CNN special follows football player Mike James and others who say that medical marijuana has both eased the pain of injuries and weaned them from addiction to opioids. Sanjay Gupta has taken the unusual step of publicly urging US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reconsider his opposition to medical cannabis, particularly as a way to fight the opioid epidemic. The CNN special quoted Sessions in a public appearance saying, “how stupid is that,” to the opinion that medical cannabis could be used to stem heroin addiction.

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By David Bauder AP Media Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has taken the unusual step of publicly urging US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reconsider his opposition to medical cannabis, particularly as a way to fight the opioid epidemic.

Gupta wrote a public letter to Sessions, saying that he had changed his mind on the use of medical cannabis, “and I am certain you can, as well.”

He said he made his plea after Sessions declined to be interviewed for his special on the topic, which was scheduled to air on CNN on Sunday, April 29, 2018. A spokesperson for Sessions declined to comment...

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