The American Medical Assn. proposed that doctors be allowed to discuss with their patients the potential benefits of using marijuana to treat some diseases without risk of criminal charges. Delegates at a meeting of the AMA's policy-making committee in Dallas approved a resolution that recommends allowing free discussion between doctors and patients about marijuana use for treatment of such diseases as AIDS and multiple sclerosis. But the AMA delegates made no recommendation on whether doctors should actually be allowed to advise their patients to use marijuana.
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