Politics aside, clinical oncologist and respected researcher, Donald Abrams, MD, discusses the medicinal value of the cannabis sativa plant, also known as marijuana. In this audio interview he reviews the plant's medical applications and health-promoting potential. Dr. Abrams is a respected oncologist and leading authority on the subject of medical marijuana. He discusses the scientific research he's done using this plant and explains some of the challenges and concerns associated with this politically charged topic.

Donald Abrams, MD, is professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and chief of hematology/oncology at San Francisco General Hospital. He provides integrative oncology consultations at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. He is co-chair of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center's developing program in supportive care. He has conducted numerous clinical trials investigating complementary therapies in patients with HIV including therapeutic touch, Traditional Chinese Medicine interventions, medical marijuana, medicinal mushrooms and distant healing. He completed a two-year fellowship in the program of integrative medicine at the University of Arizona and he is a past-president of the Society for Integrative Oncology. He has also co-edited an Oxford University Press textbook in Integrative Oncology with Andrew Weil, MD.

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