OCTOBER 12, 2016

Gastroenterologists Feel Effects of Marijuana Legalization

Since marijuana became legal in his home state of Colorado, Mark Gerich, MD, said it has grown easier for him to discuss with his patients the known—and largely unknown—risks and benefits of the drug.

“And I feel I get more honest answers from them about their use,” Dr. Gerich, a gastroenterologist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, in Aurora, said.

In fact, patients have come to him from as far away as Illinois for consultation about marijuana and its