N.J. has nearly 70K medical weed patients, but future doctors are learning little about cannabis
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, only 9% of medical schools had documented curriculums on medical cannabis.
Since researchers gathered those numbers, the number of states with medical programs has jumped to 33, and tens of thousands of people in the Garden State have become medical pot patients under an expanded list of qualifying conditions to use. Millions of people buy over-the-counter CBD, or cannabidiol, products derived from marijuana’s legal and mild cousin, hemp, to treat ailments like anxiety and inflammation.