Chile: Psychiatrist Leads Crusade To Legalize Marijuana

Editor's Note: Gotta love this shrink! Dr. Marijuana, do you make international house calls? It's about time mainstream Doctors started using REAL medicine.

'A Chilean psychiatrist known as "Dr. Marijuana" has earned notoriety in his South American nation for his crusade to legalize cannabis.

Dr. Milton Flores, 58, describes cannabis as "a tool and a medicine," reports Rafael Romo at CNN. He says he's used cannabis for years to treat patients with conditions including depression and anxiety -- and he's also smoked pot himself, for 44 years.

Flores is considered Chile's main advocate for cannabis legalization. He also favors legalization of other "entheogens" (psychoactive plants), including peyote, ayahuasca and San Pedro cactus. All were used by local shamans and healers well before the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century.'

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta Now Supports Medical Marijuana

He apologizes for 'misleading' public in speaking out against it.

'CNN's chief medical expert Dr. Sanjay Gupta has done an about-face on weed, and he now backs using the drug for medical conditions. On Piers Morgan's Wednesday night show, Gupta he announced that he's changed his mind, and he apologized for 'misleading' the public by opposing the drug in the past.'

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