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Dispensing Medical Marijuana: Some Halachic Parameters
Saturday, January 1, 2000 by Wallace Greene | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Given that habit-forming narcotics are routinely prescribed for the relief of pain, and that such relief is mandated by the halachah, it would seem that medical marijuana can be prescribed according to Jewish law.