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Problems with Rescheduling Marijuana

Dr. Phillip Drum, PharmD

Dr. Phillip Drum discusses conflicts that will arise if marijuana is rescheduled and dispensed as a Schedule III substance and the way the marijuana industry is bypassing standard procedures and safeguards for developing and approving medication. Topics include:

Marijuana will not legally be able to be dispensed by marijuana dispensaries
Marijuana will require prescriptions, not recommendations (the current practice)
Those dispensing marijuana will be legally required to participate in the prescription drug motoring program
The 100+ cannabinoids in marijuana will be required to be individually studied for dosage and drug interactions
Since 1985, over 11,000 studies have been conducted on marijuana for medical use at a cost of $4.7 billion and has failed to show a medical indication.

Marijuana To Be Dispensed in Pharmacies

How Marijuana Became "Medicine"

How Marijuana Will Be Regulated as Schedule III

Over 11,000 Marijuana Studies, Cost of $4.7 Billion

Marijuana Industry, Banks, and SARs

About Dr. Phillip Drum, PharmD

Phillip Drum, Pharm D, grew up in the central San Joaquin valley of California. Upon receiving his doctorate from the University of California – San Francisco School of Pharmacy in 1986 he performed a hospital pharmacy residency in Chicago, Illinois. After his residency, he worked as an Oncology Clinical Pharmacist in hospitals and later became a Clinical Coordinator and Manager of Pharmacy Practice in Hospitals. He has also been a Pharmacology Instructor, Residency Program Director and Special Pharmacy Consultant.

Following a family tragedy involving his sister over 13 years ago, he has been an educator of marijuana and an advocate for safe roads both within his state and across the United States. Dr Drum has performed marijuana driving research, provided national, state and local presentations, including training to Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) law enforcement officers. Dr Drum was assigned by the California Governor to a 3 year state Impaired Driving Task Force, participated in multiple safe driving bills and was accepted as the only pharmacist to present to a US Drug Enforcement Agency Hearing to assess marijuana’s status as a controlled substance.

He is here today to educate you about marijuana - what the industry does not want you to know.