Surgeon General Vivek Murthy<a href="http://flickr.com/link-to-source-image">US Senate</a>
Despite the legalization of medical marijuana in 30 states, the federal government still lists cannabis under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, which means that it has “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” But today, the nation’s new top doctor appeared to challenge that designation.
“We have some preliminary data showing that for some medical conditions and symptoms that marijuana can be helpful,” Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told CBS This Morning. “So I think we have to use that data to drive policymaking, and I’m very interested to see where that data takes us.”
Here’s the full interview (Murthy’s comments on medical marijuana start at 3:48):
